Sentries Return After Soldier Killed at National War Memorial in Canada

Canadian Army soldiers carry the casket carrying Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, two days after he was shot dead by a gunman while he guarded the National War Memorial, to a hearse during a precession from Ottawa to Cirillo's hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, on October 24, 2014 in Ottawa, Canada. After killing Cirillo the gunman stormed the main parliament building, terrorizing the public and politicians, before he was shot dead. Andrew Burton/Getty Images

OTTAWA, Canada—Sentries returned to the Tomb of the Unknown Solder at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Friday with a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

The sentries, who guard the tomb of an unknown soldier who represents all those lost in war whose bodies were never identified and laid to rest with a proper burial. 

On Wednesday, reservist Corporal Nathan Cirillo was on duty at the tomb when he was shot dead by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a 32-year-old Canadian citizen who was himself shot dead after he stormed Parliament.

Cirillo’s body began the journey to his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario on Friday along a stretch of road known as the nation’s “Highway of Heroes.” Mourners and supporters lined parts of the route, sometimes hanging flags from overpasses as a sign of respect.