Thousands honor fallen soldier after shooting rocks Canada

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Canada honored a soldier who was gunned down while standing guard at the country's National War Memorial with a regimental funeral on Tuesday

Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was laid to rest in his hometown of Hamilton on Tuesday, after a motorcade carried his body from Ottawa on Friday.

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Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a 32-year-old Muslim, shot and killed Cirillo before firing shots inside a Parliament building on Oct. 22. Canadian authorities have uncovered a video recorded by Zehaf-Bibeau prior to the attack which they say confirms that he was driven by ideological and political motives. Read more...

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