Canadian soldier run over by suspected Islamic radical dies

One of two Canadian soldiers run over by a driver suspected of having jihadist sympathies has died, police said Tuesday.

The assailant, who was fatally shot by police in the incident on Monday, ran over two Canadian soldiers with his car in a Quebec parking lot.

The suspect was described by Canadian authorities as someone they believed had become “radicalized.”

The driver smashed his car into the two soldiers in a supermarket parking lot before fleeing with police in pursuit. Officers then opened fired on the 25-year-old suspect, who later died.

The deceased soldier had been admitted in critical condition to a hospital in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of Montreal.

Officials said injuries to the other soldier were not life-threatening.