OTTAWA - The mother of the man identified as the assailant who killed a soldier at the National War Memorial before opening fire in Parliament says she is crying for the victims of the shooting, not her son.
In a brief and tear-filled telephone call Thursday, Susan Bibeau told the Associated Press she did not know what to say to those hurt in the attack.
"Can you ever explain something like this?" she said. "We are sorry."
Authorities have identified the shooter as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, who was killed in a gunfight in the halls of Parliament.
Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, a reservist from Hamilton, was killed after being shot on the steps of the National War Memorial while serving as an honour guard.
