Canada’s parliament was reopened to the public Saturday, three days after a gunman attacked the capital, killing one guard before being shot by security.
Parliament Hill in Ottawa attracted scores of visitors Saturday amid a light police presence, according to NBC News.
The area around the parliament buildings was closed off after Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a convert to Islam with a history of drug abuse, shot and killed 24-year old Canadian army Cpl. Nathan Cirillo Wednesday. Cirillo had been standing ceremonial watch at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial.
Zehaf-Bibeau proceeded into the parliament building, where lawmakers who had been alerted to his assault were in lockdown and Prime Minister Stephen Harper was holding a meeting. He was killed in an exchange of gunfire in the Hall of Honour by House of Commons Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers.
In a separate attack, two Canadian soldiers were run down by an assailant in a car Monday. The attacker, 25-year-old Martin Couture-Rouleau, had been identified as an Islamist extremist by the Canadian government.
Authorities have said there was no known connection between the two incidents.
