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The École Polytechnique massacre (French: tuerie de l'École polytechnique), also known as the Montreal massacre, was an antifeminist mass shooting that occurred on December 6, 1989, at the École Polytechnique de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Fourteen women were murdered; another ten women and four men were injured.
Montreal, Quebec: 15 / 14 Firearm Yes Marc Lépine killed 14 women and injured 14, before taking his own life. School shooting. Concordia University massacre: August 24, 1992 Montreal, Quebec: 4 / 1 Firearm No School shooting. 4 killed, 1 injured. [6] Giant Mine Murders (Royal Oak Mines Labour Dispute) September 18, 1992 Yellowknife, Northwest ...
The shootings took place during a period of increased antisemitic incidents across Canada following the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent Israel-Hamas war. [ 4 ] [ 3 ] Specifically, the third shooting occurred within days of the firebombing of Congregation Beth Tikva in Montreal .
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Torcato, a Portuguese immigrant, father of two and owner of an auto shop with a history of alcoholism was shot and killed by Const. Clark of the Emergency Task Force. [44] Police were called to the neighbourhood because of a disturbance. After a shot was fired by Torcato, who was drunk at the time, from inside his house a long standoff ensued.
Three days after the event, Wong, who was born and raised in Montreal and is the daughter of Chinese immigrants, wrote a front-page piece titled Get under the desk, in which she drew a link between all three school shootings in Quebec history (the École Polytechnique, the Concordia University and the Dawson College killings) and the nature of ...
The Gargantua bar attack was a shooting and arson-attack that occurred at the Gargantua, a nightclub bar located on 1369 rue Beaubien Est in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on January 21, 1975, killing 13 individuals, including the manager. The Gargantua, which had been known for being a meeting place for underworld figures, was previously the scene ...