Quebec mosque attack: Who is Alexandre Bissonnette? Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a candlelight vigil in Quebec City, Monday, to honour the victims of the Sunday’s mosque shooting. Bissonnette made a brief court appearance and did not enter a plea in the attack staged during evening prayers on Sunday. FACEBOOK Alexandre Bissonnette, a suspect in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque, is seen in a Facebook posting. READ MORE:* Mosque attack: A shout, a hail of bullets, then death* Mosque attack: French-Canadian man sole suspect* Mosque attack: 'Passionate' university professor killed* Mosque attack: Victims include grocery store owner, professor"It's with pain and anger that we learn the identity of terrorist Alexandre Bissonnette, unfortunately known to many activists in Quebec for taking nationalist, pro-Le Pen and anti-feminist positions at Laval University and on social media," Deschamps wrote on the Facebook page of the group, Bienvenues aux Refugies, or Welcome to Refugees.

Source: Stuff January 31, 2017 09:24 UTC