U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday offered his condolences to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper over the “tragic” attack near parliament and pledged continued security coordination with Ottawa, Agence France-Presse reported.
“Obviously, the situation there is tragic,” Obama told reporters in the Oval Office after Wednesday’s attack.
“Just two days ago, a Canadian soldier had been killed in an attack. We now know that another young man was killed today, and I expressed, on behalf of the American people, our condolences to the family and to the Canadian people as a whole,” he said after speaking with Harper by telephone.
