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A former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms and Canada’s ambassador to Ireland Kevin Vickers is best known for his role in shooting dead an armed assailant inside the Parliament building in 2014.

Vickers has once again stepped into an apparent security breach in Dublin during a ceremony to remember British soldiers killed in the 1916 Easter Rising.

The Global Affairs Department confirmed the incident, stating that Vickers “intercepted a protester who ran up to the podium” during the commemoration.

Security officers arrested the protester moments later.

Kevin Vickers was not injured in the incident.

Vickers, a former RCMP officer, was among those who responded to the October 2014 assault on Parliament Hill by rifle-wielding Michael Zehaf Bibeau, who died in a hail of bullets – including those fired by the sergeant-at-arms from his revolver at close range.

Vickers was appointed to the ambassadorial post in January 2015.

He was representing Canada at the Easter Rising ceremony as a guest of Charles Flanagan, Ireland’s foreign affairs minister.

While an interview with Vickers was not possible, a statement from Global Affairs Canada is below:

“During a ceremony to remember British soldiers who died during the Easter Rising, in 1916, Ambassador Kevin Vickers intercepted a protester who ran up to the podium. Moments later, security officers arrested the protester. Ambassador Vickers is safe and was not injured during the incident.

Ambassador Vickers was representing Canada at this ceremony as a guest of the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Charles Flanagan.”

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