QUEBEC CITY — 2017 · Major Tragedy
The Quebec City Mosque Attack
On the evening of 29 January 2017, a gunman entered the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City in the Sainte-Foy neighbourhood after evening prayers and opened fire for about two minutes. Six people were killed and five seriously injured; about 40 people were inside at the time. The 27-year-old attacker pleaded guilty to six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder. In February 2019 he was sentenced to life with no parole for 40 years; the Quebec Court of Appeal reduced the parole ineligibility to 25 years, and the Supreme Court of Canada upheld that ruling on 27 May 2022. The anniversary of the attack was declared a national day of remembrance and action against Islamophobia.
- Date
- 2017
- Place
- Quebec, Canada, Quebec City, CA
- Category
- Major Tragedy
- Case Status
- Closed
- Coordinates
- 46.7790, -71.2900 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 29 January 2017The Sainte-Foy mosque was attacked; six people were killed.
- March 2018The attacker pleaded guilty.
- 8 February 2019He was sentenced to life with no parole for 40 years.
- November 2020The Court of Appeal reduced parole ineligibility to 25 years.
- 27 May 2022The Supreme Court of Canada upheld the appeal ruling.
Sources
- CBC News — Quebec City mosque shooting cbc.ca ↗
- CBC News — Mosque shooter sentencing cbc.ca ↗
- Global News — Supreme Court ruling on sentence (2022) globalnews.ca ↗
- BBC News — Quebec City mosque attack bbc.com ↗
- Wikipedia — Quebec City mosque shooting en.wikipedia.org ↗
- CBC News
- Global News
- BBC News
- Wikipedia
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