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Memorials and tributes are taking place across Ottawa on Tuesday to remember Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, an honour guard stationed at the National War Memorial, killed 10 years ago today.

A private memorial service was held Tuesday morning at the National War Memorial and a ceremony attended by the public, military members and politicians was organized for 3 p.m. 

On Oct. 22, 2014, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau shot and killed Cirillo in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and injured several others before storming inside Parliament Hill’s Centre Block and fired dozens of shots. Zehaf-Bibeau was eventually gunned down by Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers and six other RCMP officers.

The attack came only days after a man drove his car into two soldiers in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., killing warrant officer Patrice Vincent.

The attack shut down Ottawa’s downtown …

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