Quebec Halloween Sword Attacker Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder, Attempted Murder

Quebec Halloween Sword Attacker Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder, Attempted Murder
Quebec Crown prosecutor Francois Godin, right, walks to a courtroom, Nov. 5, 2020 in Quebec City. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
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A jury has found a man who used a sword to kill and maim victims in Quebec City’s historic district on Halloween night 2020 guilty of murder.

Carl Girouard, 26, was convicted Friday of two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of François Duchesne, 56, and Suzanne Clermont, 61, and five counts of attempted murder.