CANADA-ATTACKS/FUNERAL PROCESSION Thousands gather for funeral of Canadian soldier

Record ID: 355032

  • Title: CANADA-ATTACKS/FUNERAL PROCESSION Thousands gather for funeral of Canadian soldier
  • Date: 28th October 2014
  • Summary: MEMBERS OF CORPORAL NATHAN CIRILLO"S UNIT, THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA REGIMENT, LIFTING THE COFFIN ONTO THEIR SHOULDERS
  • Embargoed: 12th November 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Canada
  • Country: Canada
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA1906JLAZJ2HYQMWSXPAFBICFX
  • Story Text: Crowds gathered Tuesday (October 28) in industrial Hamilton, Ontario, for the funeral of the soldier shot dead in last week's attack on the nation's seat of government.
    Corporal Nathan Cirillo, 24, was one of two soldiers killed in a pair of attacks last week that police said were carried out independently by radical recent converts to Islam.
    Cirillo was standing watch at the nation's war memorial on October 22 when he was shot dead by a man described as troubled and drug addicted. His attacker then charged into the Parliament building and exchanged fire with security officers not far from a room where Harper was meeting with fellow Conservative lawmakers.
    Cirillo will have a full military funeral at the 138-year-old gothic Christ's Church Anglican Cathedral in his hometown of Hamilton, west of Toronto. Members of his military unit, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, will participate, dressed in ceremonial kilts, white boots and garters.

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