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justiceischeap

(14,040 posts) Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:36 AM Jan 2017

Suspects in fatal Quebec City mosque shooting identified

Source: CBC News

The two men arrested following the deadly shooting at a Quebec City mosque Sunday night are Alexandre Bissonnette and Mohamed Khadir, Radio-Canada has learned.

Sources told CBC's French-language service the identities of the two men on Monday morning.

Six men died in the shooting during evening prayers at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec (Islamic cultural centre of Quebec). Nineteen people were also wounded.

Police refuse to reveal any information about the men other than the fact they are in their late 20s or early 30s.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-city-mosque-gun-shots-1.3957686

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Suspects in fatal Quebec City mosque shooting identified (Original Post) justiceischeap Jan 2017 OP

Alexandre Bissonnette: dalton99a Jan 2017 #1

TY femmocrat Jan 2017 #3

One shooter is a fan of Trump and LePen mainer Jan 2017 #2

Sources now saying Mohamed Khadir NOT being charged; is a witness 7962 Jan 2017 #4

The source being the Quebec police, though they don't name either of them muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #5

Suspect Is Held in Quebec Mosque Shooting That Killed 6 Eugene Jan 2017 #6

dalton99a

(81,513 posts)

1. Alexandre Bissonnette:

Reply to justiceischeap (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:41 AM

Jan 2017

http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/alexandre-bissonnette-quebec-city-canada-mosque-shooting-attack-suspect-gunman-shooter-photos-pictures-video-motive/

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

3. TY

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:50 AM

Jan 2017

I have seen nothing about this on cable news.

mainer

(12,022 posts)

2. One shooter is a fan of Trump and LePen

Reply to justiceischeap (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:47 AM

Jan 2017

from the article:

"Bissonnette likes the Facebook pages of U.S. President Donald Trump and French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, but he does not express support for them elsewhere on his page. Other likes include the Israel Defense Forces, United With Israel and Parti Québécois of Université Laval."

7962

(11,841 posts)

4. Sources now saying Mohamed Khadir NOT being charged; is a witness

Reply to justiceischeap (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 01:23 PM

Jan 2017

looks like this Bissonnette guy may be the only one? Although reports were of 2-3 gunmen. With survivors, they should be able to get this straightened out soon hopefully

muriel_volestrangler

(101,320 posts)

5. The source being the Quebec police, though they don't name either of them

Reply to 7962 (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 01:43 PM

Jan 2017

https://twitter.com/sureteduquebec

La SQ confirme qu’un seul des individus arrêté hier soir en lien avec l’#attentat de #Québec est considéré comme suspect.
#Attentat de #Quebec Suite à l’enquête, l’autre individu est maintenant considéré comme témoin.

Everyone seems pretty sure Bissonnette is the remaining suspect. Which raises the question of was he the only gunman? Because witnesses talked about 2 or 3.

Eugene

(61,899 posts)

6. Suspect Is Held in Quebec Mosque Shooting That Killed 6

Reply to justiceischeap (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 02:50 PM

Jan 2017

Source: New York Times

Suspect Is Held in Quebec Mosque Shooting That Killed 6

By IAN AUSTEN and CRAIG S. SMITH JAN. 30, 2017

QUEBEC CITY — A man was in custody on Monday after a mass shooting in a mosque in Quebec City that killed six men and wounded eight others, Canadian officials said. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the episode a “terrorist attack on Muslims.”

The attack, on Sunday evening, shook Canada, where mass shootings are uncommon. The country has also become known as a beacon for refugees fleeing warfare and terrorism in Muslim-majority nations.

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The authorities initially said that there were two suspects, but Quebec’s provincial police agency said on Monday that only one man was a suspect and that another man — also arrested on Sunday evening — was a witness. Court officials in Quebec identified the two men arrested as Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, and Mohamed el Khadir, who was said to be in his late 20s or early 30s. It was not immediately clear which man was the suspect and which was the witness.

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