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At least two people have been stabbed to death in the Canadian city of Quebec by a man armed with a sword and dressed in medieval clothing, police say.

Five other people were wounded. A man in his mid-20s was arrested shortly before 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT), officers said.

Police have advised residents to stay inside with doors locked as an investigation is under way.

The attack took place in the historic Old Quebec neighbourhood.

First reports of the incident near Parliament Hill came through shortly before 22:30 local time.

After his arrest near the Espace 400e business park, the man was taken to hospital. The five wounded are also being treated in hospital.

Reporters at the scene have tweeted photos of a police command post outside Quebec's Parliament Building.

Police said an initial probe found the suspect was not affiliated with any extremist groups.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:17 pm Strange lack of concern about this incident... oh wait...

Police said an initial probe found the suspect was not affiliated with any extremist groups.

I guess it's another one of those mentally ill lone wolf types. So it's not noteworthy. Seems to have dropped rather quickly off the BBC news cycle too.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:17 pm Strange lack of concern about this incident... oh wait...

Police said an initial probe found the suspect was not affiliated with any extremist groups.

I guess it's another one of those mentally ill lone wolf types. So it's not noteworthy. Seems to have dropped rather quickly off the BBC news cycle too.

Hugo wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:50 pm

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:17 pm Strange lack of concern about this incident... oh wait...

Police said an initial probe found the suspect was not affiliated with any extremist groups.

I guess it's another one of those mentally ill lone wolf types. So it's not noteworthy. Seems to have dropped rather quickly off the BBC news cycle too.

Well, to be fair stabbings are commonplace in London these days - there was a stabbing in Wandsworth this past week that claimed the life of a 15 year old boy and one last night in Kilburn. They garner modest amounts of attention and media coverage.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:17 pm Strange lack of concern about this incident... oh wait...

Police said an initial probe found the suspect was not affiliated with any extremist groups.

I guess it's another one of those mentally ill lone wolf types. So it's not noteworthy. Seems to have dropped rather quickly off the BBC news cycle too.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:25 pm It was the leading story on the front page of the BBC News website this morning.

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:27 pm

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:25 pm It was the leading story on the front page of the BBC News website this morning.

So are London murders time and again. You’ve not consistently ignored them .

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:31 pm

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:27 pm

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:25 pm It was the leading story on the front page of the BBC News website this morning.

So are London murders time and again. You’ve not consistently ignored them .

You spend an awful lot of time presupposing what I should say or do, that's the 3rd time this week alone you've taken issue with me not doing things you imagine I should.

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:42 pm Oh, I question the motives of your selected things that you think are important , they’re normally posted with your agenda blazoned across them, it takes little time presupposing the agenda , motives etc.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:55 pm

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:42 pm Oh, I question the motives of your selected things that you think are important , they’re normally posted with your agenda blazoned across them, it takes little time presupposing the agenda , motives etc.

Congrats, you just got the point point of posting the story, congrats!

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:57 pm ... but the weekly deaths just down the road unimportant...?

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:02 pm

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:57 pm ... but the weekly deaths just down the road unimportant...?

Where have I said London stabbings are unimportant?

That would be like me accusing you of thinking thousands of COVID deaths this week are unimportant because you've not directly said anything about it...

That's now the 4th time you've supposed what I should be doing.

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:06 pm We get it. You’re really “good” and other posters are really “bad.”

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:36 pm

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:06 pm We get it. You’re really “good” and other posters are really “bad.”

Where've I said that?

I provide an example, using your own premise, of just how stupid your "unimportant" deaths statement was.

I'm glad you realise how stupid that was, oh wait, no you didn't WOOOOSHHHH!

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:39 pm You’re getting screechy now, but I will happily expose your horrible agenda driven threads when I feel like it.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:56 pm

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:39 pm You’re getting screechy now, but I will happily expose your horrible agenda driven threads when I feel like it.

2 stories, days apart, very similar, but for 1 important fact, the religion of the perpetrator(s).

Yup that's my "Horrible Agenda" = pointing out the hypocrisy and transparent faux outrage.

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 9:31 pmWhich you quite rightly got put straight back in your face regarding the mass stabbing just down the road from where you live.

Yes your horrible agenda.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 9:39 pm

Bimbowomxn wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 9:31 pmWhich you quite rightly got put straight back in your face regarding the mass stabbing just down the road from where you live.

Yes your horrible agenda.

The London stabbings 'just down the road" prove my point, where they being perpetrated in the name of religion there'd be much said posted & about it too.

The first I'd heard of the most recent one mentioned above was in this thread. It wasn't on the front page of the BBC, on my local *Surrey* News site or trending on twitter...

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:17 pm Strange lack of concern about this incident... oh wait...

Police said an initial probe found the suspect was not affiliated with any extremist groups.

I guess it's another one of those mentally ill lone wolf types. So it's not noteworthy. Seems to have dropped rather quickly off the BBC news cycle too.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 10:48 am https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54766208

At least two people have been stabbed to death in the Canadian city of Quebec by a man armed with a sword and dressed in medieval clothing, police say.

Five other people were wounded. A man in his mid-20s was arrested shortly before 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT), officers said.

Police have advised residents to stay inside with doors locked as an investigation is under way.

The attack took place in the historic Old Quebec neighbourhood.

First reports of the incident near Parliament Hill came through shortly before 22:30 local time.

After his arrest near the Espace 400e business park, the man was taken to hospital. The five wounded are also being treated in hospital.

Reporters at the scene have tweeted photos of a police command post outside Quebec's Parliament Building.

FFS!

a man armed with a sword and dressed in medieval clothing, police say.

Hugo wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:00 am Looking at the surnames of the two victims and the perpetrator it looks like they were all three French-Canadians.

ScarfaceClaw wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:22 am

Hugo wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:00 am Looking at the surnames of the two victims and the perpetrator it looks like they were all three French-Canadians.

In Quebec?! What are the odds.

Slick wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:22 pm

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:17 pm Strange lack of concern about this incident... oh wait...

Police said an initial probe found the suspect was not affiliated with any extremist groups.

I guess it's another one of those mentally ill lone wolf types. So it's not noteworthy. Seems to have dropped rather quickly off the BBC news cycle too.

The medieval clothing kind of clinched it for me