JERUSALEM – The House of Commons’ sergeant-at-arms is getting celebrity treatment at an international security conference in Israel.
Kevin Vickers met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as other officials at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset.
Vickers is credited with firing the final shot which ultimately stopped a gunman‘s rampage on Parliament Hill last month.
Netanyahu praised Vickers for his bravery and quick response.
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In a statement he said the attack on Ottawa proves that Islamic radical terrorism respects no borders and Israel and Canada stand together in the international effort to eliminate it.
Vickers toured the Knesset and said the people there reminded him of the good team he has around him in Ottawa.
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