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Genevieve BergeronHelene ColganNathalie CroteauBarbara DaigneaultAnne-Marie EdwardMaud HaviernickMaryse LaganiereMaryse LeclairAnne-Marie LemaySonia PelletierMichele RichardAnnie St-ArneaultAnnie TurcotteBarbara Klucznik Widajewicz
From Wikipedia: The École Polytechnique Massacre, also known as the Montreal Massacre, occurred on December 6, 1989 at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Twenty-five-year-old Marc Lépine, armed with a legally obtained Mini-14 rifle and a hunting knife, shot twenty-eight people before killing himself. He began his attack by entering a classroom at the university, where he separated the male and female students. After claiming that he was “fighting feminism”, he shot all nine women in the room, killing six. He then moved through corridors, the cafeteria, and another classroom, specifically targeting women to shoot. Overall, he killed fourteen women and injured ten other women and four men in just under twenty minutes before turning the gun on himself. His suicide note claimed political motives and blamed feminists for ruining his life. The note included a list of nineteen Quebec women whom Lépine considered to be feminists and apparently wished to kill.
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A friend today pointed out this incident and noted how unknown it is outside Canada. And yet, as she said, fourteen women were murdered for the crime of studying engineering while female.

chaila:

Genevieve Bergeron
Helene Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganiere
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michele Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik Widajewicz

From Wikipedia: The École Polytechnique Massacre, also known as the Montreal Massacre, occurred on December 6, 1989 at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Twenty-five-year-old Marc Lépine, armed with a legally obtained Mini-14 rifle and a hunting knife, shot twenty-eight people before killing himself. He began his attack by entering a classroom at the university, where he separated the male and female students. After claiming that he was “fighting feminism”, he shot all nine women in the room, killing six. He then moved through corridors, the cafeteria, and another classroom, specifically targeting women to shoot. Overall, he killed fourteen women and injured ten other women and four men in just under twenty minutes before turning the gun on himself. His suicide note claimed political motives and blamed feminists for ruining his life. The note included a list of nineteen Quebec women whom Lépine considered to be feminists and apparently wished to kill.

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A friend today pointed out this incident and noted how unknown it is outside Canada. And yet, as she said, fourteen women were murdered for the crime of studying engineering while female.

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    troubleandtruth:...the fact that i’m not surprised people outside of canada haven’t heard...
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    I was startled to see a whole bunch of posts like this. Every year I forget, even though I have participated in...
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    TW: Violence against women, misogyny.
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    I didn’t know about this until yesterday on the 22nd anniversary. What really disturbed me, other than the reason that...
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    reminds me of a certain person named Anders Breivik…
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    #REALLY KIND OF ANGRY THAT I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS TODAY. mmmmyeh same.
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    Every year when this anniversary comes around...get so fucking sad. Part of me is ashamed...
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    this is one of the most horrific things i have ever read about and i had never, ever heard about it until twenty minutes...
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