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submitted 6 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Convicted B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton is in critical condition and undergoing surgery after he was assaulted by another inmate in a Quebec prison on Sunday.

The Correctional Service Canada (CSC) confirmed in a statement Tuesday that Pickton was the victim of a "major assault" at the maximum-security Port-Cartier Institution.

Two sources, including one police source, told Radio-Canada that Pickton is between life and death.

Pickton was taken to a hospital for treatment and the assailant is in solitary confinement according to the Quebec provincial police, the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), which is investigating.

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[-] Poutinetown@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago

33 victims! Wow can't believe this has been happening in 21st century.

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago

Well, more like 20th century. He was active from early 90s to 2002.

[-] Poutinetown@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Crazy we never heard about him in history classes then.

[-] Hootz@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

Why would you? Pretty sure other than colonists my social studies didn't talk about serial killers untill law class in grade 11

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Last I heard the history of the October Crisis wasn't being taught either.

[-] ebc@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago
[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

Quebec is often smarter than the rest of Canada.

[-] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago

I grew up in the Vancouver area at that time, and was family friends with the family of one of the victims. No one even gave a shit at the time it was happening.

[-] Muscar@discuss.online 0 points 6 months ago

What? Do you think there have ever been only like 4 serial killers in all of history and you learn about all of them in school? There have been thousands all over the world in just the past few decades.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago

Mostly victims were native women he picked up on the street, I believe. The kind of people the cops actively avoid thinking about, even today. Another Picton could happen today, no problem.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -4 points 6 months ago

in 21st century

That's an adjective missing a noun.

in the 21st century

That's what I think you meant.

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