Father of Quebec City mosque shooter says Crown demonizing his son
QUEBEC — Prosecutors have demonized Quebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette and want to put him away for 150 years for political reasons, the killer’s father said Thursday at the conclusion of his son’s sentencing hearing.
“Alexandre is not a monster,” Raymond Bissonnette told reporters outside the courtroom.
Rather, Alexandre is a mentally ill victim of relentless bullying and intimidation during his school years — factors that could have played a role in the shooting, his father said.
“All our efforts to end the bullying failed,” he said, flanked by his wife, Manon Marchand.