Slaughter of the mosque of Quebec: Alexandre Bissonnette will go directly to trial

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Alexandre Bissonnette

Kathleen Frenette

Monday, October 2, 2017 09:51

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Monday, 2 October 2017 11:00

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For the first time since the arrest of the alleged shooter of the Great Mosque of Quebec, five of the six widows affected by the drama taking place in the room where Alexandre Bissonnette has been brought.

Wearing the Hijab, the women were veiled by the tears when the young man of 27-year-old is presented in the box of the accused.

Without wasting time, the prosecutor for criminal and penal prosecutions, dr Thomas Jacques announced to the Court that the evidence of the public ministry was now complete, and he filed, the judge Jean-Louis Lemay, an act of direct accusation.

By doing this, Bissonnette will go directly to trial, bypassing the step of the preliminary investigation.

A twelfth charge was also filed, is a leader of attempted murder with a restricted weapon in respect of 35 persons who were, on the evening of 29 January, in the place of worship is located on the chemin Sainte-Foy.

“These victims have been in the presence of the accused at the time the actions alleged against the accused and all the evidence gathered by the police has been rigorously analyzed and the charges are the fruit and of the available evidence and the current state of the law in Canada,” said maître Jacques, adding that the accusations were now complete, apart from a possible accusation of terrorism.

The folder Bissonnette has therefore been carried over to the next term of the meeting and, to this date, the DPCP will be able to set a trial date.

“Let’s let the women and children heal their wounds…”

While the widows of the massacre left the palace in tears and in silence, the vice-president of the islamic cultural center, spoke to the media, recalling the suffering of these women who have lost a husband.

“Let’s let the women and children heal their wounds… This is extremely difficult… These are people who are psychologically completely knocked down and the injury, even if nine months have passed, it is as if it was yesterday…”, has dropped Boufeldja Benabdallah.

Concerning the children of men who died on the evening of the killing, Mr. Benabdallah said he hoped that, despite the pain and the loss, that they will one day become “ambassadors of peace”, because one day, they have experienced the horror.