Jihadists celebrated attacks on Canadian military men as dead soldier memorialized
Twitter users sympathetic with Islamic jihadists posted tweets that ridiculed the Canadian government and encouraged more attacks. The Twitter posts came as people gathered around the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa Friday.
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JUSTIN TANG/APPeople gather around the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial, in Ottawa on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Canadians are mourning the loss of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, the army reservist who was shot dead as he stood guard before the Tomb of the Unknown soldier on Wednesday.Jihadists lauded the attacks in Canada that took the lives of two soldiers, posting celebratory wishes on Twitter and encouraging more destruction, while the body of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was slated to be returned to his hometown Friday.
“During war, soldiers defend the country … except in Canada where they take off their uniforms and hide in their bases! #OttawaShooting,” wrote a Twitter user who goes by Abusunnah.
Other Twitter users took hits at the Canadian government for ordering soldiers to take off their uniforms in public and barricading the doors of a party caucus room in Ottawa, according to the National Post.
“Canadian politicians who voted for war against the Islamic #Khilafah now in terror during todays #IS attack in Canada,” user AbaUmar8246 captioned underneath a photo of the caucus room with green leather chairs piled against a door.