Police watch over Oratory mass
Although police said the man who attacked a priest during a service at St Joseph’s Oratory didn’t have a political motive, there was a police presence during Sunday services there. Whether this was to reassure the public or whether police are concerned the attack wasn’t necessarily the act of one isolated nut is not clear.
Chris 18:36 on 2019-03-25 Permalink
That article doesn’t say anything about motive. Last I saw, no motive was yet known. Did I miss them somehow ruling out political motivations?
Kate 21:41 on 2019-03-25 Permalink
Chris, I saw something early on about cops ruling out political, religious or “terrorist” motives. Friday, the Journal said “« C’est un geste isolé d’une seule personne », a toutefois confirmé l’agente Caroline Chèvrefils, de la police de Montréal” and Radio-Canada “Pour le moment, rien n’indique que le suspect fasse partie d’une quelconque organisation.” But by the next day, Saturday, La Presse was saying “dont on ignore les motivations.” The suspect has been sent to Pinel for evaluation which suggests to me that the police picked up right away that the guy may be mentally unsound.
Chris 23:14 on 2019-03-25 Permalink
geste isolé d’une seule personne -> does not mean the motive wasn’t political.
not part of an organization/group -> does not mean the motive wasn’t political.
mentally unsound -> does not mean the motive wasn’t political.
No doubt the cops know more than we do, but I don’t yet see that political motivations can be ruled out.
Kate 07:10 on 2019-03-26 Permalink
They may find the attacker was fixated on the Catholic church or its priests – or even that specific priest – for some personal reason. Is that political? Don’t forget, the order associated with the Oratory has had to pay out a lot of money after sexual abuses stretching over decades. The man who was attacked is, as far as I know, free of any suspicion in that matter, but he may simply have been available when the attacker decided to act.
Raymond Lutz 07:40 on 2019-03-26 Permalink
Are les Gilets Jaunes terrorists? Was Polytechnique massacre a terrorist attack? La question est importante car depuis le 11 septembre, toutes les nations occidentales ont passé des lois _particulières_ qui ont pour prétexte de lutter contre le terrorisme mais vise essentiellement à permettre une surveillance accrue des citoyens écologistes ou altermondialistes, cf Misguided Spying and the New Zealand Massacre – Consortiumnews.