Canadians mourn victims of Quebec City mosque attack in vigils across country
QUEBEC — Roseline Bouchard wept quietly as she stood in the front row at a Quebec City vigil Monday just down the street from a mosque that was the scene of a deadly shooting that grabbed the world’s attention.
In front of Bouchard, religious and political leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, condemned a massacre that left six men dead and wounded 19.
Behind her, a huge crowd of hundreds of people came together in the biting cold to grieve and to show their support for the Muslim community.
Alexandre Bissonnette, a 27-year-old Laval University student, is charged with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder.