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The Montreal Massacre

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On December 6, 1989, 25 year old Marc Lepine walked into Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec with a gun. Beginning at just after five PM and lasting for 20-minutes Lepine went on a rampage that would leave 14 women dead and 13 other people injured. Lepine ended the massacre by turning the gun on himself. The incident became a rallying cry for ending violence against women and domestic abuse.

Source: St. Catharines Standard

Posted:  2002-12-08  4:37:28 PM

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