Close X
Saturday, November 16, 2024
ADVT 
National

Alleged Gunman In Quebec Shooting Reportedly Visited Mosque Before The Killing

The Canadian Press, 02 Feb, 2017 01:05 PM
    QUEBEC — The president of a Quebec City mosque where six men were shot to death says the man charged in the killings visited the premises at least twice a few days beforehand.
     
    Mohamed Yangui says witnesses told him they saw Alexandre Bissonnette at the mosque and that he allegedly asked when there would be more people there.
     
    Yangui told The Canadian Press on Wednesday that three or four people told him they saw Bissonnette, who reportedly said he liked Muslims.
     
    The CBC reports that a member of the mosque says he spoke with Bissonnette for five minutes last Thursday — three days before the slayings.
     
    Bissonnette was identified by police Monday as the suspect in the mosque shooting that also left 19 others injured.
     
    The 27-year-old faces six counts of first-degree murder and five of attempted murder.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Hundreds Of Veterans Likely Affected By Federal Cuts To Medicinal Pot Allotment

    Hundreds Of Veterans Likely Affected By Federal Cuts To Medicinal Pot Allotment
    OTTAWA — Almost three-quarters of veterans using medical marijuana will feel the impact this spring when the federal government imposes a new limit on the amount of weed for which it will pay.

    Hundreds Of Veterans Likely Affected By Federal Cuts To Medicinal Pot Allotment

    Oldest Known Member Of Southern B.C. Killer Whale Pod Believed Dead

    Oldest Known Member Of Southern B.C. Killer Whale Pod Believed Dead
    VANCOUVER — The death of a whale considered the oldest in the West Coast's southern resident population could particularly affect one animal who may have lost yet another adoptive mother, a wildlife biologist says.

    Oldest Known Member Of Southern B.C. Killer Whale Pod Believed Dead

    RCMP Investigating Body Found In Parking Lot Of Nanaimo Business

    RCMP Investigating Body Found In Parking Lot Of Nanaimo Business
    NANAIMO, B.C. — RCMP says its investigating the death of a man in Nanaimo, B.C.

    RCMP Investigating Body Found In Parking Lot Of Nanaimo Business

    Family Of Lion Dancers Ready To Roar At Vancouver's Chinatown Spring Festival

    Family Of Lion Dancers Ready To Roar At Vancouver's Chinatown Spring Festival
    VANCOUVER — After Jun Ing performed as a lion dancer for the first time in Vancouver's Chinese New Year parade in the 1980s, he remembers wishing it had lasted longer.

    Family Of Lion Dancers Ready To Roar At Vancouver's Chinatown Spring Festival

    Snow Causes Problems In Manitoba, Extreme Cold Warning Lifted In Saskatchewan

    The main highway from Winnipeg to the U-S border has reopened in southern Manitoba.

    Snow Causes Problems In Manitoba, Extreme Cold Warning Lifted In Saskatchewan

    Former Four-Term Victoria Mayor Peter Pollen Dies Peacefully At Home

    Former Four-Term Victoria Mayor Peter Pollen Dies Peacefully At Home
    VICTORIA — Former Victoria mayor Peter Pollen has died at the age of 89.

    Former Four-Term Victoria Mayor Peter Pollen Dies Peacefully At Home