Source: CBC News
The 28-year-old Quebec City man charged with murder and attempted murder in the shooting at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre last year has pleaded not guilty.
Alexandre Bissonnette was charged with a total of 12 offences in the shooting that left six dead and five critically injured.
He was charged with six counts of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder with five charges related to people who were critically wounded. One of the attempted murder charges collectively includes 35 people — 31 men and four children — who witnessed the shooting.
Bissonnette was present in a Quebec City courtroom this morning as Justice François Huot read out each of the charges. After each, he replied “not guilty.”
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