Man Paralyzed in Quebec Mosque Shooting Holds No Resentment
Messages are placed near a mosque that was the location of a shooting spree in Quebec City, Quebec on January 31, 2017. Alexandre Bissonnette cut a low profile as a shy, withdrawn political science student, keen on far-right ideas. Bissonnette, known to have nationalist sympathies was charged January 30, 2017 with six counts of murder. Alice Chiche/AFP/Getty Images
QUEBEC—The last time Aymen Derbali saw Alexandre Bissonnette before this week, the Quebec City mosque shooter was pointing a gun at his head.
The moments that followed 14 months ago turned Bissonnette into a murderer, and Derbali, who took seven bullets as he stood in the gunman’s path, into a hero.
