Mohsen Belhaj, the brother of Mohamed Salah Belhaj, one of the men who was randomly killed this week in Montreal, believes that this serious event shakes the population’s sense of security, and that a mistake has been made somewhere .
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“If a citizen was killed here, in Montreal, or anywhere in Canada, we no longer feel safe to move around. We have a lot of questions to ask ourselves, and a lot of answers to look for, ”expressed Mr. Belhaj in an interview with TVA Nouvelles.
The young man who allegedly shot three strangers in 24 hours, Abdulla Shaikh, 26, was followed by the Mental Disorders Review Commission (CETM). He was recently released by a court, even though he posed a “significant risk to public safety”.
Mohsen Belhaj judges that a mistake was made and that it led to the murder of his brother and the two other victims.
“I don’t want to say that someone did their job badly, but they didn’t make the right decisions. It hurts. You can’t do anything, but we can do a lot of things, to manage to avoid these tragedies which cost Quebec its beauty of living together, ”supports Mr. Belhaj.
He maintains that he will never forget the good times he lived with his brother to whom he was close. The two men had just returned from Tunisia, due to their father who had just died in their native country.
Mohsen Belhaj also thinks of his brother’s children, who no longer have a father.
“How am I going to explain this to his children? What to answer to children who ask: ‘Dad, where is he’”, he says with difficulty.
“I had a very good relationship with him. All the good memories will stay with me,” he concludes.