Michael Zehaf-Bibeau

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau (* 16th October 1982 in Quebec City as Michael Joseph Hall ; † 22. October 2014 in Ottawa ) was a Canadian bomber. Zehaf-Bibeau shot and killed a Canadian Army soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on October 22, 2014, and then engaged in a shootout in Canada's Parliament Building .

Life

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was born the son of a businessman. His mother worked for the immigration and refugee agency . He changed his maiden name to Michael Joseph Paul Zehaf Bibeau after converting to Muslim .

Zehaf-Bibeau comes from the province of Québec and grew up in Ottawa and Montreal . He is said to have lived in Libya for some time . Among other things, he worked in mines. In 2003 he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for gun possession and robbery. In 2004 he was reportedly sentenced to 60 days' imprisonment for drug possession and in 2011 to one day imprisonment for coercion. He converted to Islam shortly before the attack in Ottawa . Zehaf-Bibeau was classified by the Canadian security authorities as a "high security risk traveler" and his passport is said to have been confiscated.

A friend told the media that Michael Zehaf-Bibeau did not make an extremist impression, but said that the devil was after him. Because of his eccentric behavior in a mosque , he had already clashed with the local clergyman. According to a lawyer, Zehaf-Bibeau had already been examined in a hospital for his psychological condition and classified as sane.

attack

Shortly before 10 a.m. local time, he approached the memorial with a rifle and shot one of the unarmed guards four times. Then he went to the parliament building and was able to take the security service there by surprise. In the act he is said to have been dressed in black and masked with a scarf. There was a shooting in parliament in which he was killed. At 10:21 it was reported on Twitter that he was dead. It was Parliamentary Security Chief Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers who fired the fatal shots.

The center of Ottawa was cordoned off on suspicion that there could have been several perpetrators. Residents were advised to avoid downtown or to stay indoors and stay away from windows. Barriers imposed in Ottawa after the attack were lifted towards the evening of the day, with the exception of such measures in the parliamentary district. Canada increased the security level for its embassies , public buildings and on military bases.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that his country would redouble its efforts to fight terrorism in response to the crime.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Frances Perraudin, Lauren Gambino: Ottawa shooting suspect Michael Zehaf-Bibeau: what do we know? In: The Guardian of October 23, 2014 (accessed October 23, 2013).
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Saeed Ahmed / Greg Botelho, Who is Canadian Parliament shooter Michael Zehaf-Bibeau? , CNN of October 22, 2014. (English)
3. ^ British Columbia Court records, a "Michael Joseph Paul Zehaf Bibeau" committed robbery in Vancouver on Dec. 16, 2011 , National Post online October 23, 2014.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Assassin raised his arms triumphantly , Die Welt Online of October 23, 2014.
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Assassin was allegedly on the terror list , faz.net of October 23, 2014.
6. ^ ^{A b} Ottawa assassination attempt - investigators in Canada are looking for backers on zeit.de from October 23, 2014, accessed on October 23, 2014
7. ↑ ^{a b} He Converted to Islam: This Is the Dead Assassin in Ottawa , Focus Online, October 23, 2014.
8. ↑ ^{a b} Clemens Wergin, Confused Assassin was "attracted to Islam" , Die Welt Online of October 23, 2014.
9. ↑ ^{a b c d} Sebastian Fischer: Shooting in Ottawa: Terror in Canada's Government District Spiegel Online from October 23, 2014, accessed on October 23, 2014
10. ↑ "An attack on our country and our values" , Die Welt online of October 23, 2014.