{"id":32244,"date":"2017-02-01T04:09:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T04:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/quebec-mosque-attack-who-were-the-victims\/"},"modified":"2017-02-01T04:09:49","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T04:09:49","slug":"quebec-mosque-attack-who-were-the-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/quebec-mosque-attack-who-were-the-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec mosque attack: Who were the victims?"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Canadian police have charged a 27-year-old man over the deadly shooting at a Quebec City mosque on Sunday. The six worshippers who died were immigrants who had moved to Quebec to seek a better life.}<\/p>\n

{{Khaled Belkacemi, 60}}<\/p>\n

Mr Belkacemi studied chemical engineering in his native Algeria before moving to Canada in the 1980s. He taught food science at Quebec’s Laval University and was married to a fellow professor there. His wife was also at the mosque when the shooting occurred during Sunday prayers, but she escaped unhurt.<\/p>\n

The head of Laval’s food science department, Jean-Claude Dufour, described Mr Belkacemi as “an extraordinary person” who was “always smiling” and “an outstanding teacher who loved his graduate students”.<\/p>\n

{{Azzedine Soufiane, 57}}<\/p>\n

Mr Soufiane was born in Morocco and settled in Quebec three decades ago. He ran a halal shop in the suburb of Sainte-Foy and is described as a important member of the local Muslim community.<\/p>\n

Karim Elabed, an imam in nearby Levis, said Mr Soufiane had helped many newcomers in Quebec City. “When I arrived here eight years ago, [his shop] was the first place I learned about and pretty much all of Quebec’s Muslims did their groceries there,” Mr Elabed told Canadian media.<\/p>\n

{{Abdelkrim Hassane, 41}}<\/p>\n

Abdelkrim Hassane studied information technology in Algeria before emigrating. A colleague quoted by the Globe and Mail newspaper said Mr Hassane had lived in Paris and Montreal before settling in Quebec City.<\/p>\n

Mr Hassane worked as a programmer for the Quebec government. The colleague, Abderrezak Redouane, said he was “a very peaceful, sensitive man”. He had three children.<\/p>\n

{{Mamadou Tanou Barry, 42, and Ibrahima Barry, 39}}<\/p>\n

The two men, described as brothers by Radio Canada, were born in Guinea in West Africa. They are described as IT workers. Mamadou Tanou was a father of two and was reportedly sending money home to Guinea.<\/p>\n

“Tanou lost his father three years ago, so it became his responsibility to support not only his family here but also his family in Africa. Now that’s all been cut,” a family friend told the Globe and Mail.<\/p>\n

Ibrahima worked for the province’s health-insurance agency and had four children.<\/p>\n

{{Aboubaker Thabti, 44}}<\/p>\n

Born in Tunisia, Mr Thabti is reported to have moved to Quebec a decade ago and worked in a pharmacy. He was married with two young children, his brother said on Facebook.<\/p>\n

A friend, Abder Dhakkar, told the Globe and Mail: “He’s so kind; everyone loves him – everyone.”<\/p>\n

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