Montrealers honour victims of New Zealand mosque shootings
'Everyone has the right to be safe,' said Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante at the event
Several hundred people gathered to honour the victims of the mosque shootings in New Zealand at a vigil in Montreal Sunday.
The attack that killed 50 people in two Christchurch mosques hits close to home in Quebec, after six men were killed in a Quebec City mosque two years ago.
People at the vigil held signs showing the faces of the men who were killed in 2017.
Aicha El Megdoubi told CBC she wants to stop seeing Muslims vilified by certain media outlets and politicians.
"Before, we were scared to lose our jobs because [we wear] a hijab. Now, we're scared for our life, our kids' lives," she said.
"It's so unacceptable, I don't have the words," said Mayor Valérie Plante, speaking before the crowd. "This violence — we don't want it. This hate — we don't want it."
"Everyone has the right to be safe," regardless of faith or sexual orientation or social status, the mayor said.
With files from CBC's Verity Stevenson