ONE of two Canadian soldiers hit by a car in an apparent terrorist attack has died of his injuries.
QUEBEC provincial police said he died early on Tuesday.
The soldier's name was not released at the request of the family.The other soldier's injuries were described as less serious.The suspect was shot by police, and later died, after he struck the two members of the Canadian military with his car in a city near Montreal.An official familiar with the case identified the suspect as Martin Rouleau, 25, of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, and said he was influenced by radical Islamists.Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokesman David Falls said on Monday the suspect "was known to federal authorities" and "authorities were concerned that he had become radicalised".One neighbour told reporters that Rouleau stopped wearing jeans and started wearing a tunic and that he had changed over the past year and was alone a lot.Another neighbour said Rouleau converted to Islam a little over a year ago.A Quebec business database shows Rouleau started a water-pressure cleaning company in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2012 with two other people.Police declined to provide details, citing the investigation.Quebec police shot the man after two Canadian Forces members were struck by the motorist on Monday in a mall parking lot near Montreal.The suspect died a few hours after being shot.Quebec provincial police Lieutenant Michel Brunet said earlier that police ended up shooting the man after a car chase in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, about 42 kilometres southeast of Montreal.After the man hit the two soldiers, he fled the scene in his vehicle, triggering a police chase that ended with the man losing control and his car rolling over several times.Brunet said the man exited the car and was shot.Brunet said they found a knife on the ground but he could not say if the suspect had it in his hand when police fired their weapons.Television images showed a large knife in the grass near the flipped-over car.Brunet said he didn't know if the soldiers were wearing uniforms at the time they were struck.Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was briefed about the incident by the head of Canada's police force, the head of the military and his national security adviser.Harper said earlier on Monday in parliament that he was aware of the reports and called them "extremely troubling"."First and foremost our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families; we're closely monitoring the situation and obviously we will make available all of the resources of the federal government," Harper said.The Islamic State group has urged supporters to carry out attacks against countries, including Canada, that are participating in the US-led coalition fighting the militants who have taken over large swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria.It was not known whether the suspect in the Quebec attack had any ties to Islamic militant groups.
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