Following the Canadian shooting attack which threw Ottawa into lockdown, a 32-year-old, Quebec-born male was identified as the sole perpetrator - and his mother was found to work at Canada's Immigration and Refugee board, reports GHN based on RT.
The gunman responsible for the attack on the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa acted alone, authorities confirmed on Thursday, adding that that there is no link to an attack in Quebec earlier in the week.
"We have no information linking the two attacks this week," said Bob Paulson, commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, saying that the shooter Michael Zehaf-Bibeau may also have held a Libyan passport.
Police also said that checks by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) found no evidence of national security related offenses, although the Canadian-born Zehaf-Bibeau had a record of drugs violations and , violence related activity, Paulson said. Authorities said Zehaf-Bibeau wanted to go to Syria.
Michael Zehaf-Bibeau had converted to Islam prior to the attacks in Ottawa and had previously had his passport revoked and been arrested several times. He was privately educated and the son of the deputy chairperson of Canada's immigration division, Susan Bibeau, reported CTV News.
Despite his education he had been regarded as somewhat disturbed by one of his friends from his youth and in later years had several drug and robbery arrests and one weapons charge - he was also classed as a high-risk traveler despite his mother's position.
One friend, friend Dave Bathurst, told Canada's Globe and Mail that he had exhibited some signs of possibly suffering mental illness: "We were having a conversation in a kitchen, and I don't know how he worded it: He said the devil is after him," he said.