'Radicalized' Quebecer shot dead after running down two soldiers with his car.....'In the name of Allah'

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'Radicalized' Quebecer shot dead after running down two soldiers with his car.....'In the name of Allah'.(SunNews).


SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. - A Quebecer shot dead by police after running down two Canadian soldiers told a 911 operator he was acting in the name of Allah, a police source tells QMI Agency.

The Prime Minister's Office says the dead suspect, identified as Martin Couture-Rouleau, had become "radicalized."

Two police sources told QMI Agency that the incident just after 11:30 a.m. was a possible terrorist attack against the unidentified soldiers, one of whom was in critical condition.

Police gunned down Couture-Rouleau, 25, in his hometown of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 30 minutes south of Montreal on Monday morning.

He had led police on a chase after mowing down a uniformed and a plainclothes soldier in the parking lot of an auto-insurance outlet.

A source says the suspect called 911 during the chase to say that he carried out his acts in the name of Allah.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the attack left him "troubled" and his office says the dead suspect was "known to federal authorities, including the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team.

"Federal authorities have confirmed that there are clear indications that the individual had become radicalized," the PMO said in a statement late Monday.

"As Canada's national security agencies have said, Canadians should remain vigilant."

The PMO said Harper was briefed by RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson, Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Tom Lawson and National Security Adviser Stephen Rigby. Read the full story here, more (Video) here.

Update: French site 'Poste de veille has much more on Martin Couture-Rouleau

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