QUEBEC — People are gathering in the hundreds for a second funeral service for three of the six victims of last Sunday's mosque attack in Quebec City.
The ceremony in honour of Mamadou Tanou Barry, Ibrahima Barry and Azzeddine Soufiane is to be held early this afternoon at the Quebec City convention centre.
It comes a day after a similar service in Montreal for Abdelkrim Hassane, Khaled Belkacemi and Aboubaker Thabti, the three other people shot to death in the carnage.
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People pray at a funeral service for three of the six victims of the Quebec City mosque shooting at the Quebec City convention centre, Feb. 3, 2017. (Photo: Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard are among those who will address the mourners, as they did Thursday.
The ceremony is being preceded by a prayer session.
The six victims, aged between 39 and 60, were killed when a gunman stormed the mosque and opened fire on men who were attending prayer. Authorities have refused to specify what type of firearm was used in the mass shooting.
On his way into Friday's service, Trudeau said it is important to remember the lives "taken from us so brutally in the terrorist attack last Sunday."
27-year-old charged
"Over the past week we have been reminded multiple times of the warmth, of the strength, of the unity of Canadians," he said. "And we've seen the silent majority of people who are good and welcoming and open to one another is choosing to be less and less silent."
Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, was arrested Sunday night following the massacre in which 19 people were also wounded.
Bissonnette has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder and five of attempted murder using a restricted firearm.
The ceremony in honour of Mamadou Tanou Barry, Ibrahima Barry and Azzeddine Soufiane is to be held early this afternoon at the Quebec City convention centre.
It comes a day after a similar service in Montreal for Abdelkrim Hassane, Khaled Belkacemi and Aboubaker Thabti, the three other people shot to death in the carnage.
People pray at a funeral service for three of the six victims of the Quebec City mosque shooting at the Quebec City convention centre, Feb. 3, 2017. (Photo: Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard are among those who will address the mourners, as they did Thursday.
The ceremony is being preceded by a prayer session.
The six victims, aged between 39 and 60, were killed when a gunman stormed the mosque and opened fire on men who were attending prayer. Authorities have refused to specify what type of firearm was used in the mass shooting.
On his way into Friday's service, Trudeau said it is important to remember the lives "taken from us so brutally in the terrorist attack last Sunday."
27-year-old charged
"Over the past week we have been reminded multiple times of the warmth, of the strength, of the unity of Canadians," he said. "And we've seen the silent majority of people who are good and welcoming and open to one another is choosing to be less and less silent."
Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, was arrested Sunday night following the massacre in which 19 people were also wounded.
Bissonnette has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder and five of attempted murder using a restricted firearm.
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