Quebec City stabbing

On 31 October 2020, two people were stabbed to death and 5 others injured near the Parliament Building in the Old Quebec neighbourhood of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.[1][2][3] A suspect, 24-year-old Carl Girouard, has been arrested.[4][5]

2020 Quebec City Halloween stabbing
Location	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Date	31 October 2020 c. 10:30 p.m. (UTC-4:00)
Target	Passers-by
Attack type	Mass stabbing
Weapons	Japanese sword[1]
Deaths	2
Injured	5
Accused	Carl Girouard

Incident

On the night of Halloween 2020, at about 10:30 p.m. local time, a man dressed in a medieval costume carried out a mass stabbing in Quebec City, attacking people with a katana-style saber near the provincial legislature, the National Assembly of Quebec. The victims were chosen at random. Two people were killed, Suzanne Clermont, a 61-year-old woman and François Duchesne, a 56-year-old man,[6] and five others were injured.

Suspect

Carl Girouard, a 24-year-old man from Sainte-Thérèse on Montreal's North Shore, was arrested.[7][8] The police reported that the attacker was prepared to inflict as much damage as possible, and had gasoline containers in his car. The man was not affiliated with any terror group, according to police, but his motivations are unknown.[9][10] Police said that the man had previously formulated threats to a doctor to pose similar actions five years earlier.[8][11]

References

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8. Desmeules, Judith (1 November 2020). "Tuerie dans le Vieux-Québec: les victimes choisies au hasard". Le Soleil (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-01.
9. Dougherty, Kevin (1 November 2020). "Attacker with sword kills two, injures five in Quebec stabbings". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
10. "Quebec stabbing: Two dead after attack by man in medieval clothes". BBC News. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
11. Tu Thanh, Ha (1 November 2020). "Two dead, five injured in Quebec City stabbing; police arrest lone suspect". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-11-01.