Canadian police kill suspect after terror tip-off

August 11, 2016 08:50

Canadian police kill suspect after receiving tip-off of terror threat, news channels report.

Canadian federal police earlier said they had arrested a suspect who posed a "potential terrorist threat," after receiving a tip about an imminent attack.

Broadcaster CTV, citing internal government documents, however, said the suspect was linked to the Islamic State group and planned to set off an explosive device in a packed public space in a major city.

Canada was the target of two separate lone wolf attacks in October 2014 in Quebec and Ottawa that resulted in the death of two soldiers.

In Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of Montreal, a young man drove his car into two soldiers in a parking lot, killing one of them before being shot dead by police after a short chase.

Two days later on October 22, an attacker gunned down a ceremonial military guard and stormed parliament before being killed by security guards only meters (yards) from a room where the prime minister and his caucus were meeting.

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