Kevin Vickers, who shot dead a gunman after he opened fire in the Canadian parliament, has been given a standing ovation by colleagues.
At the start of a special sitting of the parliament, a day after Michael Zehaf-Bibeau shot dead a soldier at a war memorial before attempting to storm the building, politicians applauded as Mr Vickers walked into the chamber.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave a speech on the attack, before shaking hands with Mr Vickers as MPs stood to applaud again.
The former Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer engaged the gunman as he began firing inside the parliament building, and is believed to have shot him dead.
MPs said a prayer, sang the Canadian national anthem and held a moment of silence after two soldiers have been killed in attacks this week.
Mr Harper said the government would give more powers of detention and surveillance to security agencies in the wake of the attack.
He said: "The objective of these attacks was to instil fear and panic in our country and to interrupt the business of government.
"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."
He also said plans to bolster Canadian laws and police powers in surveillance, detention and arrest would be sped up.
Video footage has emerged of Mr Vickers patrolling through the corridors in the building after the shooting.
MPs and members of the public were quick to thank him after his intervention on Wednesday.
Veterans affairs minister Julian Fantino said: "All the details are not in, but the Sergeant-at-Arms, a former Mountie, is the one that engaged the gunman... and stopped this."
Craig Scott, an NDP MP for Toronto-Danforth, said: "MPs and Hill staff owe their safety, even lives, to Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers who shot attacker just outside the MPs' caucus rooms."
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Justice minister Peter MacKay tweeted: "Thank God for Sgt at Arms Kevin Vickers & our Cdn security forces. True heroes."
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