2012 Quebec election shooting | |
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Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Date | September 4, 2012 (UTC-4) |
Target | Separatists |
Attack type | Shooting, arson |
Weapons | |
Deaths | 1 |
Injured | 1 |
Perpetrator | Richard Henry Bain |
Motive | Opposition to the Quebec sovereignty movement |
On the night of September 4, 2012, the Parti Québécois won the Quebec general election, with a minority government. Party leader Pauline Marois was partway through her victory speech at the Métropolis in downtown Montreal when Richard Henry Bain, in an attempt to assassinate her and "kill as many separatists as possible", approached the building and opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle, killing one stage technician and severely injuring another.[2][3] After his rifle jammed, Bain lit a fire in the back of the building and was quickly tackled and apprehended by Montreal police.[4] In 2016, Bain was convicted of second-degree murder along with three counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to twenty years in prison.[5]