in front of the National Assembly of Quebec, in Quebec City, early
on November 1, 2020, after two people were killed and five wounded
by a sword-wielding suspect dressed in medieval clothing.
Jordan PROUST / AFP
The sword-wielding attacker dressed in medieval costume
who killed two people and injured five others in a Halloween
rampage on Saturday night in Quebec was “not associated with a
terrorist group,” Canadian police said Sunday.
The attacks occurred in multiple locations in the Old Quebec
neighborhood, near the tourist hotspot Chateau Frontenac and the
National Assembly, the Quebec provincial parliament.
The suspect, who was arrested early Sunday after a manhunt
through the streets, is due to make a preliminary court appearance
by video-link later in the day.
“Yesterday evening we were plunged into a night of horror when a
24-year-old man, who does not live in Quebec, came with the
intention of claiming as many victims as possible,” Quebec City
police chief Robert Pigeon told reporters.
“Everything leads us to believe” that the suspect, who was armed
with a Japanese-style sword, “chose his victims at random,” Pigeon
added.
The police chief said that two of the victims are French people
living in Quebec for some years, without specifying whether they
were among the dead or injured.
the National Assembly of Quebec, in Quebec City, early on November
1, 2020, after two people were killed and five wounded by a
sword-wielding suspect dressed in medieval clothing. Jordan
PROUST / AFP
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Some of the injured suffered “significant lacerations,” he
said.
The suspect, from Montreal, had planned his attack but had no
criminal record.
– ‘Barbaric’ stabbings – “My heart breaks for
the loved ones of the two people killed in last night’s horrific
attack in Quebec City,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on
Twitter. “I’m also wishing a full recovery to the injured.”
“All of Quebec is in mourning this morning,” said Quebec deputy
premier Genevieve Guilbault, who denounced “barbaric” acts.
According to three witnesses quoted by Quebec newspaper Le
Soleil, the attacker allegedly “slit the throat” of his first
victim near the Chateau Frontenac hotel, and there was “a lot of
blood.”
The man then continued on Rue des Remparts, where the second
person was killed, before heading to the Old Port, wounding the
other victims, according to the newspaper.
Quebec resident Karin Lacoste said she was going to a
convenience store to do some shopping around 11 pm when she saw
several armed police officers wearing bulletproof vests.
“There was one who told me ‘run to your home because there is
someone walking around, he is a killer and he has killed people,’”
she told LCN news channel. “I was really scared.”
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the streets of Old Quebec were
quiet at the time of the attacks.
AFP
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