Mosque leader labels terror attacker 'victim' after HORROR massacre
A MOSQUE leader labelled a terror attacker a “victim” in an unexpected speech at the funeral of those he killed.
Mosque killer labelled 'victim' by Imam at funeral
Imam Hussein Guillet insisted dark ideas were forced into the mind of terror attacker Alexandre Bissonnette massacred six people.
Bissonnette stormed a mosque in Quebec during prayer on January 29.
Six men, aged between 35 and 65, were massacred and eight more were seriously injured at the Quebec City Islamic Cultural Centre, in Canada
Bissonnette, 27, was arrested following the massacre and has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder and five of attempted murder using a restricted firearm.
At a funeral for three of the victims Guillet said the killer was also a victim.
Blood was left all over the walls of the Quebec mosque
He told the funeral service for Mamadou Tanou Barry, 42, Ibrahima Barry, 39, and Azzeddine Soufiane, 57, that he hopes the shooting is the last of its kind.
“Alexandre, before being a killer, he was a victim also,” Guillet said.
“Before shooting bullets into the heads of his victims, somebody planted ideas, more dangerous than the bullets, in his head.”
The imam said the injured and witnesses, are all victims.
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Quebec mosque killer suspect Alexandre Bissonnette
Bissonnette briefly appeared in court on Monday and his next scheduled appearance is Feb. 21.
He did not enter a plea.
Eyewitnesses claim the gunman shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ - Arabic for God is great - before the shooting began.
Those who knew Bissonnette, or had encountered him, said he was interested in far-right movements.
On his Facebook page, he indicated he liked Le Pen, President Donald Trump, the separatist Parti Quebecois as well as Canada's left-wing New Democratic Party, the Israeli Defence Forces, heavy metal band Megadeth and pop star Katy Perry.
Mosque Imam called terror attacker a 'victim'
A Facebook post by the group "Welcome to Refugees – Quebec City" said Bissonnette was "unfortunately known to several activists in Quebec City for his pro-Le Pen and anti-feminist identity positions at Université Laval and on social networks."
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the massacre at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre, calling it a “terrorist attack on Muslims.”