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École Polytechnique massacre

6 Dec 1989 · 45.50° N, 73.61° W

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When
6 Dec 1989
Kind
Shooting
Coordinates
45.50° N, 73.61° W
Description
École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders fourteen young women at the École Polytechnique de Montréal.

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École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders fourteen young women at the École Polytechnique de Montréal

École Polytechnique massacre

1989 mass shooting in Montreal, Canada

The École Polytechnique massacre, also known as the Montreal massacre, was a mass shooting that occurred on December 6, 1989, at the École Polytechnique de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Fourteen women were fatally shot in the misogynistic, antifeminist attack; another ten women and four men were injured. Among the wounded was the eventual gun control advocate and politician Nathalie Provost.

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