Muslim Who Ran over Canadian Soldiers 'Had Become Radicalized': PMO

Editor’s Note: This story appeared in today’s version of The National Post. 

There are “clear indications” that a 25-year old man who injured two Canadian soldiers in a hit-and-run Monday near Montreal “had become radicalized,” the Prime Minister’s Office says.

Police shot a driver after he ran over two Canadian soldiers in a mall parking lot, Quebec provincial police said. The driver died a few hours later.

One of the two soldiers was seriously injured.

The government issued a statement Monday night saying Prime Minister Stephen Harper had been briefed by RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson, Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Tom Lawson, and National Security Adviser Stephen Rigby.

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