It was a terrorist act, witnesses saw him wait 2 hours for the soldiers. His passport was suspended. The link below has his picture with Muslim head covering holding the Koran.
Martin (
Ahmad) Rouleau's passport was seized by Canadian authorities concerned he had become radicalized and would travel overseas, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson said Tuesday.
Rouleau, 25, was fatally shot after hitting the two soldiers in a parking lot of a commercial plaza in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, a city about 40 kilometres southeast of Montreal.
Rouleau was one of 90 people being monitored by the RCMP as part of 63 current national security investigations, the RCMP confirmed to CBC News Monday night. Paulson first reported the investigations to MPs on the House public safety committee earlier this month.
"We have about 63 active national security investigations on 90 individuals who are related to the travelling group, both people who intend to go [abroad] or people who have returned and have been referred to us by the service," Paulson said on Oct. 8.
Those numbers refer to people suspected of being involved with extremism-related activities, including financing, not specifically to fighting alongside militants.
On Tuesday, Paulson said the RCMP are investigating along with Quebec provincial police to determine the "breadth" of this incident and pursue every avenue.
Immigration Minister Chris Alexander, who has said his department is revoking the passports of those suspected of planning to travel abroad to commit terrorism, wouldn't answer questions as he left a cabinet meeting. Alexander said he would have an update in time for the daily question period.
'Known to federal authorities'
A Quebec police spokesman said the RCMP are handling the investigation into the suspect and his motivations.
On Monday, the RCMP said Rouleau was "known to federal authorities" and that the integrated national security investigations team in Montreal, along with other authorities, worried "he had become radicalized."
The Prime Minister’s Office issued a new statement Tuesday, reiterating that federal authorities had confirmed certain elements clearly indicated Rouleau had become radicalized. Canadians should remain vigilant, the statement read.
Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney, speaking in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Tuesday, said the RCMP are co-operating with the Sûreté de Québec, and federal law enforcement agencies are "monitoring the situation."
"This is a terrible act of violence against our country, against our military and against our values," Blaney said.
What took place, he said, "is clearly linked to terrorist ideology."
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