The funeral of a soldier, who was killed during a terror attack in Canada, is taking place this afternoon.

Corporal Nathan Cirillo was shot dead outside Ottawa's war memorial last week.

Military units are marching in procession down the streets of his home town Hamilton.

The 24-year-old Cirillo was shot in the back as he stood on guard at the war memorial in the Canadian capital on 22 October by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, who minutes later stormed the parliament complex before he was fatally shot.

Cpl Cirillo will be laid to rest following a full regimental funeral, with his Argylls regiment following behind the main funeral party through Hamilton.

A flag, belt, bayonet and the soldier's regimental badge will be placed on his coffin and a unit of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) formed part of the procession.

Crowds lined the route through the city up to Christ's Church Cathedral. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was also expected to be among the mourners during the service.

After he was killed, Cpl Cirillo's family thanked Canadians after thousands lined the 300-mile route between Ottawa and Hamilton to pay their respects.

In a statement, they said: "On October 22nd we lost a son, a brother, a father, a friend and a national hero.

"We are not only mourning as a family but also a country, when we lost Nathan we all mourn as one. There are no words to express the sadness that has fallen upon us all.

"We take comfort knowing Nathan has done our country proud."

Cpl Cirillo was the second soldier killed in attacks in Canada in a week after the country announced it would step up its involvement in airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq.

Patrice Vincent, 53, was killed on 20 October when a man ran over him and another soldier in a separate attack near Montreal.

The service is being broadcast live from the Hamilton church.