Statement by the Spokesperson on events in Canada on 22 October 2014

After the attack in Ottawa, Canada on the 22 October 2014 in which one person and the gunman were killed, Euro|Topics wrote that investigators were trying to establish the motive. According to media reports, the attacker was known to the authorities and may have had Islamistic reasons for his actions. Religious converts must be watched more closely, some commentators wrote. Others doubted that constitutional states can effectively thwart individual perpetrators.

• Primary Source

EU: EEAS: Canada http://eeas.europa.eu/canada/index_en.htm

Euro|Topics: Main Focus, 24.10.14: Attack in Ottawa http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/archiv_dossier/DOSSIER152553-Attack-in-Ottawa

France24, 03.11.14: France, Canada stand side by side in terror fight, says Hollande http://www.france24.com/en/20141103-france-canada-terrorism-hollande-visit-state/

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