DHAKA: There is no evidence so far that a gunman who attacked Canada’s capital had links to Middle Eastern Islamist extremists.

The government said that reports the BBC on Friday.

Foreign Minister John Baird told that Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was ‘certainly radicalized’ but not on a list of high-risk individuals.

Zehaf-Bibeau killed a soldier at Ottawa’s war memorial before being shot dead in the nearby parliament building.

Police have released video showing how the gunman stormed parliament.

It has also emerged that Prime Minister Stephen Harper hid in a cupboard in parliament for about 15 minutes during Wednesday's attack as MPs sharpened flagpoles to use as spears against the gunman.

BDST: 1633 HRS, OCT 24, 2014