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Parliament Hill shooter Michael Zehaf-Bibeau told co-workers at a drilling company in Squamish, B.C., that the Taliban were justified in resisting foreign occupation, according to reports.

CBC News also reported Wednesday that Zehaf-Bibeau showed his co-workers videos of improvised explosive device attacks on coalition forces, but they didn’t take the videos seriously.

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The Citizen was unable to verify the CBC’s reporting or the account they were given by a former supervisor and friend who worked with Zehaf-Bibeau for two years at the drilling company.

The foreman — who was not named by CBC — first got to know the man who called himself Mike Zehaf in 2007 when he arrived in Squamish, according to reports. The foreman said he worked closely with Zehaf-Bibeau for two years until they were laid off when the project ended.

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Zehaf-Bibeau was earning more than $90,000 a year, the CBC said.

The foreman said Zehaf-Bibeau once joked about being a suicide bomber when he ran up to a co-worker with his jacket held tightly shut. He then opened his jacket and yelled, “Boom!” the foreman said.

The foreman told CBC the only time he saw Zehaf-Bibeau turn violent was when he almost stabbed a worker from the Philippines with a screwdriver. The foreman said that the worker constantly told Zehaf-Bibeau that he was dumb.

According to the foreman, Zehaf-Bibeau made more than $90,000 a year and was focused on saving money. He was devout and prayed five times a day, the foreman said.

“The Mike Zehaf I knew was a nice guy,” the foreman told CBC News. “Kind, friendly, polite and appreciative. He always had good manners, like a guy who was trying to impress the parents of a hot chick.”