Fabio Puglisi will be charged with double murder

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Fabio Puglisi will be accused of having killed his mother and a neighbor in addition to having seriously injured another resident of the building where the tragedy occurred, in Vaudreuil-Dorion.

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Fabio Puglisi was charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder with armed assault and aggravated assault, following the stabbing attack perpetrated Thursday in Vaudreuil-Dorion during which two women , including her mother, were killed and another seriously injured.

According to the denunciation document , Fabio Puglisi will have to answer for the unpremeditated murders of his mother, Élisabetta Puglisi-Caucci, 68, and her neighbor, Manon Blanchard, 53.

He will also be accused of having attempted to kill Nighat Imtiaz, a septuagenarian who also lives in the building where the tragedy occurred on Thursday, late in the morning . The woman who was injured is still hospitalized, but her life is not feared.

Sûreté du Québec police officers were called Thursday around 11:50 a.m. to the sixth floor of a residential building of Vaudreuil-Dorion. When officers arrived on scene, they found the three women who had been stabbed.

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The police officers of the Sûreté du Québec arrested Fabio Puglisi at the scene of the tragedy.

Fabio Puglisi, who was still on the scene, was arrested by the police while several emergency services teams were dispatched to help the victims.

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The accused was also taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

L The man appeared before the judge by videoconference at midday. Fabio Puglisi's lawyer, Me Alexandre Dubé, explained to the judge that he had reason to believe that his client was not fit to stand trial.

The Court therefore ordered an evaluation of the psychological state of the accused to the National Institute of Forensic Psychiatry Philippe-Pinel.

We believed that we had reasonable grounds to request an evaluation of the gentleman's suitability. The judge ordered this evaluation and we will be able to see the decision that the psychiatrist makes in this regard.

A quote from Me Alexandre Dubé, Fabio Puglisi's lawyer

The accused must return to court on February 22.

The man who is known to the police appeared in court on February 9 to answer charges of assault in a context of domestic violence.

Fabio Puglisi, who suffers from mental health problems, also had several run-ins with the law in 2011 for cases for assault causing bodily harm and in 2018 for a fraud case. Each time he was declared not criminally responsible for his actions.