QUEBEC — Funeral services are being held today for the six Quebecers killed in a terrorist attack in Burkina Faso last month.
A joint funeral is being held in Quebec City for five of the six victims: Yves Carrier, his wife Gladys Chamberland, their adult son Charles-Elie Carrier and Yves' adult daughter, Maude Carrier, as well as their friend Louis Chabot.
The mourners in the packed church included Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The victims were in Burkina Faso on a humanitarian mission when al-Qaida carried out the attack.
Trudeau has been publicly criticized by the husband and the mother of one of the victims for his government's response to the event.
Quebec Premier Phillippe Couillard met the victims' families privately on Friday to express his sympathies.
"I feel so sorry because these people were going out to do good, to make our world better," he said.
The family of the sixth victim, Suzanne Bernier, held a separate service for her.
