A man who claims to be the cousin of a soldier killed at a shooting in Canada has warned the gunman "you will get what's coming to you".
Corporal Nathan Cirillo was shot dead in an overnight attack at the National War memorial in the Canadian capital, Ottawa.
He was a ceremonial guard who would stand in the background of visitors' photos.
"To the gun man that shot my cousin point blank in front of the parliament hill this morning for no reason !! You will get what's coming to you," Nathan Cirillo's cousin David wrote on Facebook, this morning.
"You destroyed my whole family for life . If there's a way I can find you I will kill you myself," Mr Cirillo posted despite the gunman already being dead.
The attacker was killed, reportedly by a shot fired by the bearer of the House of Commons' ceremonial mace, Sergeant-At-Arms Kevin Vickers, who was hailed as a hero by MPs.
Police said an investigation was continuing, but earlier reports that more gunmen were involved appeared unfounded.
Heavily armed officers backed by armoured vehicles sealed off the building on Wednesday.
The attack came two days after another alleged Islamist drove over and killed a soldier in what authorities branded a terrorist attack.
Authorities had raised the security threat level from low to medium after the car attack, which came as Canadian jets were to join the US-led air armada bombarding Islamist militants in Iraq.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper warned that "facts are still being gathered" as he "condemned this despicable attack".
A police spokesman said two people received "minor injuries" in the incident.
