Marc Lépine

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Marc Lépine (formerly Gamil Rodrigue Liass Gharbi ; born October 26, 1964 in Montreal ; † December 6, 1989 ibid) was a Canadian gunman who killed 14 women and injured ten women and four men in the rampage at the Montréal Polytechnic in 1989 he shot himself.

Life

Marc Lépine was born the son of the Algerian investment fund seller Rachid Liess Gharbi and the Canadian nurse Monique Lépine and grew up in Montreal. His father was an authoritarian and jealous man who frequently beat his wife and children. He required his wife to work for him as his private secretary and would beat her if she made mistakes typing. In addition, he was indifferent and violent to his children, and especially to Marc, and refused any tenderness for fear of forgiving his children. After an incident in 1970 in which Gharbi hit his son so hard that his face was still scarred a week later, Monique Lépine decided to leave her husband and divorced Gharbi in 1976. In the divorce proceedings, she declared in court that her husband harbored "total contempt for women" and believed that women should only serve men. A short time after the separation, Rachid Gharbi broke off contact with his children. At the age of 14, Marc took his mother's surname and called himself Marc Lépine. He cited his dislike of his father as the reason for the name change.

In September 1981, at the age of 17, Lépine applied to the Canadian Armed Forces , but was found unfit. In 1982 he began pre-university training in basic science at a Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel (Cégep). After a year, however, he switched to a three-year program in electrical engineering . He broke off this training in his last semester without giving a reason. Lépine applied to the École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1986 and 1989 to study engineering, but he lacked two Cégep courses for admission. He completed one of them in the winter of 1989.

Marc Lépine was buried in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery in Montreal.

Settings

As a teenager, Lépine was closed and had trouble showing emotions. He had low self-esteem and suffered from chronic acne . At school, he was bullied for his foreign name, Gharbi, and at home, his younger sister Nadia teased him because of his acne and because he didn't have a girlfriend. He owned an air rifle that he used to shoot pigeons and was interested in World War II and Adolf Hitler . In 1987 he was fired from a part-time job for aggressive and disrespectful behavior. His friends described him as unpredictable and prone to tantrums when provoked. Lépine wanted a girlfriend, but felt uncomfortable around women. He tended to boss women around and show off his knowledge to them. He spoke to men about his aversion to feminists , career women, and women in traditionally male professions, and believed that women should stay home and take care of their families. In April 1989, he complained to the Ecole Polytechnique admissions office about women taking their jobs away from men. In his suicide note, he wrote that his rampage had political motives and that feminists had ruined his life. The letter also contained a list of the names of 19 Québec women whom Lépine thought were feminists and therefore wanted to kill. During the rampage, he said to one of his victims: "I am fighting feminism" (I am fighting feminism). One student replied that she was not a feminist, whereupon Lépine shot her. The gender of his victims as well as his statements during the rampage and in his suicide note led to the massacre being seen as an anti-feminist attack and as an example of violence against women.

filming

The events were filmed in 2009 by Denis Villeneuve under the title Polytechnique . The main role of the Lépine-based gunman, whose name is not mentioned in the film, was played by actor Maxim Gaudette .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Teresa K. Sourour: Report of Coroner's Investigation (PDF; 146 kB) 1991. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ Lépine & Gagné 2008, pp. 49–51.
  3. ^ Came, Barry; Burke, Dan; Ferzoco, George; O'Farreli, Brenda, Wallace, Bruce (December 18, 1989): "Montreal Massacre: Railing Against Feminists" . Maclean's Magazine . Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  4. ↑ Lépine & Gagné 2008, p. 98.
  5. ↑ a b Staff and Canadian Press (December 11, 1989): "Thousands of mourners wait in silence to pay final respects to slain women". Quoted in: Eglin, Peter; Hester, Stephen: "The Montreal Massacre: A Story of Membership Categorization Analysis" . Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ont., 2003, p. 43, ISBN 9780889204225 .
  6. ↑ CTV.ca News Staff (September 25, 2006): "Mother of Marc Lepine finally breaks her silence" . CTV . Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  7. ↑ a b McDonnell, Rod; Thompson, Elizabeth; McIntosh, Andrew; Marsden, William (December 9, 1989): "Killer's father beat him as a child; A brutal man who didn't seem to have any control of his emotions." The Gazette , Montreal.
  8. ↑ Lépine & Gagné 2008, pp. 53–54.
  9. ↑ a b Malarek, Victor (December 9, 1989): "Killer Fraternized with Men in Army Fatigues". Quoted in: Eglin, Peter; Hester, Stephen: "The Montreal Massacre: A Story of Membership Categorization Analysis" . Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ont., 2003, p. 41, ISBN 9780889204225 .
  10. ↑ Lépine & Gagné 2008, p. 12.
  11. ↑ a b c Weston, Greg; Aubry, Jack (February 7, 1990): "The making of a massacre: The Marc Lepine story Part I". The Ottawa Citizen .
  12. ↑ Lépine & Gagné 2008, p. 146.
  13. ↑ Colpron Suzanne (9 December 1989). "Marc Lépine était un premier de classe". La press .
  14. ↑ Lépine & Gagné 2008, pp. 170–171.
  15. ↑ Lépine & Gagné 2008, p. 132.
  16. ↑ Lépine & Gagné 2008, pp. 150–2, 155–56, 193.
  17. ↑ Lépine & Gagné 2008, p. 153.
  18. ↑ Lépine & Gagné 2008, pp. 30, 32-33, 158
  19. ↑ Lépine & Gagné 2008, p. 32, 191.
  20. ↑ Lépine & Gagné 2008, pp. 130–31.
  21. ↑ Lépine & Gagné 2008, pp. 131–32, 155.
  22. ^ Roux, Martine (December 18, 1999). "Pour comprendre Marc Lépine". La press .
  23. ↑ Norris, Alexander (January 16, 1990). "Lepine was emotionally repressed, pal says". The Gazette , Montreal.
  24. ↑ Lépine & Gagné 2008, p. 131.
  25. ↑ Lépine & Gagné 2008, pp. 170–171.
  26. ^ Pelchat, Martin (November 24, 1990). "Lépine avait des motifs 'politiques'". La press .
  27. ↑ "CityNews Rewind: The Montreal Massacre" ( Memento of 4 February 2012 at the Internet Archive ). City News (December 6, 2006). Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  28. ↑ Fitterman, Lisa (10 March, 1999). "Cops on Lepine's list: Names of six female officers found on Polytechnique killer". The Gazette : p. A3.
  29. ↑ Eglin, Peter; Hester, Stephen: "The Montreal Massacre: A Story of Membership Categorization Analysis" . Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ont., 2003, pp. 65-88, ISBN 9780889204225 .
  30. ↑ Fox, James Alan; Levin, Jack (2003): "Mass Murder: An Analysis of Extreme Violence". Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies 5 (1): 47-64. doi: 10.1023 / A: 1021051002020 .
personal data
SURNAME Lépine, Marc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gharbi, Gamil Rodrigue Liass
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian gunman
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1989
Place of death Montreal