Survivors Testify as Trial of Alleged Quebec Sword Attacker Resumes After COVID Delay

Survivors Testify as Trial of Alleged Quebec Sword Attacker Resumes After COVID Delay
Quebec City Mayor Regis Labeaume lays flowers at a vigil to honour Francois Duchesne who was stabbed to death on Halloween night by a man with a sword, November 3, 2020 in Quebec City. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
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A man who was out for a walk in Quebec City on Halloween night 2020 told a court today he first thought it was a joke when a man wearing a disguise and brandishing a sword approached him.

But Rémy Bélanger testified the man then raised the sword and he felt blows to his head, hand and back, resulting in injuries that required two weeks of hospitalization and three months in rehabilitation.