This was new to me:
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/quebec-mosque-shooting-suspect-alexandre-bissonnette
snip said:
Bissonnette, who has an identical twin brother, was studying anthropology at Université Laval before switching to an undergraduate degree in political science. He has now been banned from all studies or research activities until the court process is over, the school said.
The Facebook account had numerous selfies of the neatly groomed young man, who appeared to be a blues fan and was a member of the Laval chess club and a birding group.
Bissonnette was in the cadet program in the Quebec City area between 2002 and 2004, Canadian Cadet Organizations said in a statement. The national program focuses on developing leadership and citizenship skills as well as physical fitness. Cadets are not members of the Canadian Armed Forces and do not receive military training.
Another Facebook post refers to the Bissonnette family’s military service — a grandfather apparently served in France and Germany in the Second World War.
Not a good terrorist candidate, osit.
Another “like” was for the Parti Quebecois association in Louis-Hebert, a riding in Quebec’s national capital region currently held by a Liberal member, and another for H.G. Wells, author of the 1890s science-fiction novel War of the Worlds.
His favourite citation, according to the Facebook page, was taken from the ancient Greek philosopher, Plato:
“For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.”
An organization devoted to helping refugees in the capital city said Bissonnette’s name and photograph, as they appeared in the media, were already familiar to them.
On a Facebook post they said they learned “with sadness and anger about the identity of the terrorist Alexandre Bissonnette, unfortunately known by several activists in Quebec City for his viewpoints that were pro-LePen and anti-feminist, as expressed in social media and at Université Laval.”
Lots of differing accounts on the firearms: The
NYP said "Two rifles and an AK-47 assault rifle were found in the car." This
site said "A handgun and two rifles that looked like AK-47s were found in his car." They also said in a
sister article "Bissonnette had no criminal record, but did have infractions in recent years for not wearing a seatbelt, speeding and illegal parking...The gunman left the mosque to reload
and came back. He then ran out of bullets
a second time, reloaded and returned
for a third round of shooting, Nadji told the Gazette." On the issue of guns, this seems to have changed today (
CBC) "Police believe the shooter entered the Islamic cultural centre in the Quebec City suburb of Sainte-Foy just before 8 p.m. on Sunday, equipped with a long gun.
The gun jammed, police sources told Radio-Canada,
prompting the shooter to leave and return with a nine-millimetre handgun.
Bissonnette was arrested later that night, on a bridge heading to Île d'Orléans, about five kilometres away from the mosque.
In his car, the
sources said, officers found
a nine-millimetre handgun registered to Bissonnette. That gun had a 15-round capacity."
