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OTTAWA — A video made by Michael Zehaf Bibeau before he staged his dramatic and deadly attack on Parliament Hill in October may not be released to the public after all, says RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson.

Investigators still need a chance to complete a full investigation of the video, which police recovered in the wake of the deadly Oct. 22 rampage, Paulson told a news conference Monday.

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Paulson has said in the past that the video laid out Zehaf Bibeau’s reasons for the attack, which took the life of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo as he stood sentry at the National War Memorial. Zehaf Bibeau himself was killed moments later in a gunfight inside the Centre Block building on Parliament Hill.

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The commissioner had also indicated he wanted to see the video released publicly, but he now says that won’t happen. Some form of its contents, such as a transcript, could be released later, he said.

“I had said that I hoped to release the video, but I think it forms a central part of the evidence… I think we need to think thoroughly through the benefits and the merits of releasing the video,” Paulson said.