Attack On Canadian Soldiers Sparks Terror Fear

One of two Canadian soldiers hit by a car in an apparent terrorist attack has died of his injuries.

Officials said the soldier, whose name has not been released, died early on Tuesday.

The suspected attacker, who officials said had become influenced by radical Islam, has been shot and killed.

The attack in Quebec was the first such incident in Canada since the country joined the fight against Islamic State militants.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokesman David Falls said the suspect "was known to Federal authorities" and "authorities were concerned that he had become radicalised".

The suspect has been identified as Martin Couture Rouleau, 25, of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, a small town about 26 miles (42km) southeast of Montreal.

One neighbour said Rouleau had stopped wearing jeans and started wearing a tunic. The neighbour also said that he had changed over the last year and was alone a lot.

Another neighbour said Rouleau converted to Islam a little over a year ago.

The man hit the two soldiers and fled the scene in his vehicle, triggering a police chase that ended with the man losing control and his car rolling over several times before ending up in a ditch.

Police shot the man, Quebec provincial police Lieutenant Michel Brunet said.

Lt 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 footage showed a large knife in the grass near the flipped over car.

The other soldier was not believed to be in a serious condition.

The case is similar to the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in London last year, in which two men ran him over with a car before hacking the off-duty soldier to death.

Images of Michael Adebolajo, 29, holding a butcher knife and cleaver with bloodied hands in the moments after the May 2013 killing shocked people around the world and sparked fears of Islamist terrorism in Britain.

Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale were convicted of murdering Fusilier Rigby, who was 25.

Canada is sending six fighter jets to take part in the US-led campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq.

IS has urged supporters to carry out attacks against Western countries that are participating in the campaign.

It was not known whether the suspect in the Quebec attack had any ties to Islamic militant groups.