Canadian police arrested a man at gunpoint just steps from Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, underscoring tension in the capital Ottawa a day after a gunman killed a soldier and rampaged through parliament.
Mr Harper and his wife were laying a wreath at the National War Memorial to commemorate the killing of the soldier there when police, shouting and with guns drawn, surrounded a man and ordered him to the ground.
Ottawa Police said the man was arrested for "disturbing the crime scene" at the war memorial. It was not immediately clear what the man's intent was.
"He crossed the tape. We told him not to. He didn't listen," said a police officer at the scene.
The prime minister himself was pulled back from the crime scene after he and his wife briefly lifted the crime scene tape and attempted to lay flowers. They then reversed themselves and laid their wreath outside the crime scene.
Tighter security was evident all over the sprawling parliamentary zone in downtown Ottawa.
Armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers stood outside the door where the gunman, identified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, rushed in yesterday.
The flag flying over Parliament's Centre Block was at half-mast as parliament re-opened today.
MPs gave a hero's welcome to Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers, who put aside his ceremonial duties to draw a gun and take down the assailant.
Applause rang out for the guardian of the cradle of Canada's democracy, who bears the assembly's ceremonial mace, followed by a prayer, the national anthem, a moment of silence.
"The objective of these attacks was to instil fear and panic in our country and to interrupt the business of government," Mr Harper said in the Commons.
"Well, members, as I said yesterday, Canadians will not be intimidated.
"We will be vigilant but we will not run scared. We will be prudent but we will not panic and as for the business of government, well, here we are, in our seats, in our chamber in the very heart of our democracy and our work."
Mr Harper then crossed the floor of the Commons to shake Mr Vickers' hand, and hug opposition leaders.
The killing of the Canadian soldier was the second this week with a possible link to Islamist militants.
A convert to Islam on Monday ran over two Canadian soldiers with his car, killing one, near Montreal.
Both attacks took place after Canada announced this month it would send six jets to take part in air strikes against fighters from the self-styled Islamic State group, who have taken over parts of Iraq and Syria.
Canadian Defence Minister Rob Nicholson said the country's deployment to Iraq would go on unimpeded.
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