MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Embassy in the Canadian capital will remain open and work regular hours despite the recent shooting in downtown Ottawa, a senior embassy official said on Wednesday.
"The embassy is taking additional security measures, but its work has not been interrupted. We are not planning to temporarily shut the embassy down," Second Secretary Kirill Kalinin said in a phone call with RIA Novosti.
Kalinin also said there were no reports of Russian citizens hurt in the shooting at the Parliament Hill in downtown Ottawa earlier on Wednesday that killed a Canadian soldier and a suspected attacker.
Local police has advised residents to avoid going to the shooting site and to “stay away from windows and off roofs” in downtown Ottawa. The Russian Embassy is located some 2 kilometers from the Canadian Parliament building.
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