VIDEO: Cellphone video from Parliament Hill shooter released
Posted Mar 6, 2015 11:55:19 AM.
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The man who gunned down a soldier and stormed Parliament Hill last Oct. 22 said his actions were spurred by Canada’s military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In a grainy cellphone video made shortly before his attack, Michael Zehaf Bibeau speaks of assaulting soldiers to show Canadians they are not safe in their own country.
Zehaf Bibeau asks Allah to accept his actions and says Canadians have forgotten God by occupying and killing righteous people in Muslim lands.
In showing the video to the House of Commons public safety committee, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson said a total of 18 seconds had been edited from the beginning and end for operational reasons.
Zehaf Bibeau fatally shot honour guard Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial in October before rushing into Parliament Hill’s Centre Block, where he was gunned down.
Paulson said the RCMP considers Zehaf Bibeau a terrorist. The Mounties are still trying to determine if anyone collaborated with him.
Video Transcript:
To those who are involved and listen to this movie, this is in retaliation for Afghanistan and because Harper wants to send his troops to Iraq.
So we are retaliating, the Mujahedin of this world. Canada’s officially become one of our enemies by fighting and bombing us and creating a lot of terror in our countries and killing us and killing our innocents. So, just aiming to hit some soldiers just to show that you’re not even safe in your own land, and you gotta be careful.
So, may Allah accept from us. It’s a disgrace you guys have forgotten God and have you let every indecency and things running your land. We don’t, we don’t go for this. We are good people, righteous people, believers of God and believing his law and his Prophets, peace be upon them all. That’s my message to all of you in this, Inshallah, we’ll not cease until you guys decide to be a peaceful country and stay to your own and I-, and stop going to other countries and stop occupying and killing the righteous of us who are trying to bring back religious law in our countries.
Thank you.
