{"id":1553,"date":"2018-04-19T18:20:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T18:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2018-04-19T18:20:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T18:20:30","slug":"quebec-mosque-shooter-motivated-by-canadas-policy-of-welcoming-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/2018\/04\/19\/quebec-mosque-shooter-motivated-by-canadas-policy-of-welcoming-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec mosque shooter motivated by Canada’s policy of welcoming refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(CNN)<\/cite>A man who killed six worshippers at a Quebec City mosque told an investigator he carried out the January 2017 attack after seeing reports the Canadian government would welcome more refugees into the country,\u00a0according to CNN partner CBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A video of Alexandre Bissonnette’s interrogation was played in court Friday during the third day of his sentencing hearing, CBC reported.\u00a0Bissonnette pleaded guilty<\/a>\u00a0to six counts of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder in March.<\/div>\n
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Quebec mosque gunman was calm, witness says<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
In the interrogation video, Bissonnette said he was watching TV reports about the Canadian government’s policy of welcoming refugees.<\/div>\n
“The Canadian government was, you know, going to take in more refugees, you know, those who couldn’t go to the United States would end up here,” Bissonnette told Quebec City police Sgt. Steve Girard during an interrogation. “I just lost it.”<\/div>\n
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The day before Bissonnette stormed the mosque, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted that Canada would embrace refugees escaping oppression and tyranny, a move that came as\u00a0<\/strong>President Donald Trump first instituted his immigration ban<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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“To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith,” Trudeau tweeted on January 28, 2017. “Diversity is our strength. #WelcomeToCanada”<\/div>\n
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Justin Trudeau<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #<\/span>WelcomeToCanada<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

4:20 PM – Jan 28, 2017<\/a><\/div>\n