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| Man charged with 2 counts of 1st-degree murder after Halloween sword attack in Quebec City | |
| 2020-11-02 | |
Follow up to this report from yesterday. [CBC.CA] A 24-year-old man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder after allegedly attacking seven people with a sword in the historic district of Quebec City while dressed in a medieval outfit on Halloween night.Court documents identify the accused as Carl Girouard. The tall, thin man with dark hair appeared before a judge by video conference on Sunday. He is expected back in court on Thursday. The documents do not reveal Girouard's home address, but Radio-Canada has learned he is from Sainte-Thérèse, Que., a town located about 20 kilometres northwest of Montreal. Police issued a statement on Twitter on Sunday afternoon saying that the coroner had identified the two victims who bit the dust as Francois Duchesne, 56, and Suzanne Clermont, 61. The court has ordered a publication ban on any information that could identify the other five victims in this case, according to a spokesperson for the director of criminal and penal prosecutions. On Halloween night, police were contacted at about 10:30 p.m. and discovered victims in at least four locations, including near the Château Frontenac hotel, on du Trésor Street, and on des Remparts Street, according to Radio-Canada. After a two-and-a-half-hour manhunt, a man was arrested shortly before 1 a.m., about one kilometre north of the area in the city's Old Port. Quebec City police Chief Robert Pigeon said during a news conference Sunday morning that the man came to the capital "with the intention of doing the most damage possible." Pigeon said that "everything leads us to believe he chose his victims at random," adding that he believes the crime was premeditated. He said the police investigation has found that the accused is not associated with any terror group. The man was carrying a Japanese katana-style sword, Pigeon said. The police chief said Girouard does not have a criminal record, but he did reveal five years ago in a "medical context" that he wanted to commit a Pigeon said police currently have no reason to believe the attack was motivated by religious or political reasons. The accused was initially taken to hospital for evaluation. Police say they do not fear for the lives of any of the five people who sustained injuries in the attack.
Quebec City Police Chief Robert Pigeon said the suspect, who was dressed in medieval clothing and armed with a Japanese sword, had already made a threat of violence in 2014. “That information would have been revealed in a medical context over five years ago. It was not something that was in a criminal record,” Pigeon said. Quebec City Mayor Regis Labeaume said Canada needs to have a debate about how to deal with mental illness. [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Hope he gets a lil med-evil torture to fit the crime. Bring out the Iron Maiden. |
| Posted by: Slappy 2020-11-02 20:43 |
| #1 Like I said, this is what happens when you give out fruit on Halloween. Somebody's expecting a Three Musketeers and you hand them an apple, there's gonna be violence. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2020-11-02 11:02 |