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École Polytechnique massacre
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The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 6, 2024 by Wehwalt (talk) 15:44, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
The École Polytechnique massacre was an antifeminist mass shooting that occurred on December 6, 1989, at the École Polytechnique de Montréal in Montreal. Fourteen women were murdered; another ten women and four men were injured. The perpetrator, Marc Lépine entered a mechanical engineering class and separated the male and female students, ordering the men to leave. He shot all nine women in the room, killing six. The shooter then moved throughout the building, killing eight more women and wounding students before fatally shooting himself. The massacre is regarded as misogynist terrorism and representative of wider societal violence against women. In response to the massacre, the Canadian legislature passed more stringent gun control laws. It also led to policy changes in emergency services protocols for shootings, such as police intervening immediately to reduce casualties. The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually as White Ribbon Day. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Danzig Street shooting involving a lone gunman killing others, was TFA in July 2022.
- Main editors: Dina
- Promoted: May 5, 2007
- Reasons for nomination: 35th anniversary of the event. TFA re-run from 2007
- Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 17:54, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support an important article on an understudied phenomenon. SerialNumber54129 18:01, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support: a tragedy worthy of commemoration and a good FA. ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:08, 15 October 2024 (UTC)