Police in Quebec are investigating a video in which a man wearing a mask of Batman’s arch-enemy the Joker threatened to kill one Muslim every week.
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“We could have an idea once the interrogation is over to see what kind of proof officers gather”, said André Leclerc with Montreal police. In the video, the masked man, speaking French, cites the terroristic Paris attacks and Islam as the reasons for his planned killing spree.
“Really, this is a totally ridiculous attitude that must be condemned”, Pierre Moreau said.
He was expected to be arraigned later Wednesday on various charges, including uttering threats, although Leclerc said there could also be charges related to inciting hatred. However, Gingras told VICE News,”If you make threats on social networks or on the web, there are very concrete consequences in the real world, the criminal code allows us to press charges against people who do things like this”.
Leclerc said more information will be released about the suspect once he is formally charged.
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The video surfaced on Tuesday and followed an attack on a Muslim woman in Toronto that police said appeared to be “motivated by hate”. And police in Peterbourough, Ontario, are looking into the firebombing of the city’s only mosque over the weekend.
