Mosque Shooting Suspect in Canada Known for Extreme Views

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Source: New York Times

QUEBEC CITY — The French Canadian university student charged with killing six Muslim men during evening prayers at a mosque was known for extreme nationalist views and his support of the French rightist party led by Marine Le Pen.

Alexandre Bissonnette was charged Monday with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder over the shooting rampage at a Quebec City mosque that Canada's prime minister called an act of terrorism against Muslims.

Bissonnette made a brief court appearance and did not enter a plea in the attack staged during evening prayers Sunday. Wearing a white prisoner jumpsuit, his hands and feet shackled, he stared at the floor and fidgeted, but did not speak.

The 27-year-old suspect, who expressed support for Le Pen and U.S. President Donald Trump on his Facebook page, was known to those who monitor extremist groups in Quebec, said François Deschamps, an official with a refugee advocacy group.

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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/01/31/world/ap-cn-canada-mosque-shooting.html

[IntraPolitico]

1. I wonder if the Right will call him a terrorist

He is a white, Canadian male after all and not a muslim after all.

[ck4829]

2. They were calling him one when they thought he was Muslim, no reason to stop now

[ck4829]

3. Links between alt righties and spree shooters need more exploration

Maybe he actually thought he would be celebrated as a hero.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028528915

[yellowcanine]

4. So is Trump going to expand the EO to include French Canadians from Quebec?

[maddiemom]

5. Tragic---

that innocent Canadian citizens had to suffer from the first deranged and dangerous crazy acting out his admiration of Trump.