Quebec Metropolis is commemorating the victims and survivors of a deadly sword assault that left two useless and injured a number of others one yr in the past immediately.
Hairdresser Suzanne Clermont, 61, and 56-year-old museum worker François Duchesne died within the Halloween-night attack that additionally left 5 others injured after a person wearing a medieval costume and wielding a Japanese-style sword allegedly went on a rampage in Quebec Metropolis.
A ceremony is about to happen immediately at three totally different places the place the assaults occurred within the provincial capital’s historic district.
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Quebec’s outgoing mayor Régis Labeaume issued a press release inviting town’s residents to come back collectively and honor the victims after a yr of shock, ache and disappointment.
Premier François Legault additionally issued a tweet immediately saying Quebec went by means of a tragedy on that day and sending love and ideas to all of these affected.
Carl Girouard of Ste-Thérèse, Que., was charged with two counts of first-degree homicide and 5 counts of tried homicide after the assault and is at the moment awaiting trial.
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