Ottawa: The lone gunman who terrorised Canadian capital Ottawa on Wednesday was Quebec-born Michael Zehaf-Bibeau (32). He had recently converted to Islam and had dreams of heading to the Middle East, reports Daily Mail.
He had his passport seized after being designated a ‘high-risk traveller’ despite his mother being on Canada’s immigration board.
He had multiple drug and robbery arrests, and a 2003 weapons charge. He had told a friend the ‘devil was after him’ and knew a man who is still at large after leaving Canada to join Islamist fighters in Syria.
His mother confirmed her son’s involvement and said she was crying for the victims not for her own child. It is revealed she met him for lunch last week but had not seen him for five years prior to that reunion, the Mail adds.
