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Bissonnette did not show signs of mental illness or paranoia, Boissonneault said, adding he didn’t think he was part of an organized extremist group, either.

Bissonnette bowed his head as the charges against him were read out late Monday: Six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder using a restricted firearm.

He showed no emotion during his brief hearing at the Quebec City courthouse.

His lawyer did not enter a plea, and the accused will next appear in court on Feb. 21.

Bissonnette, who has an identical twin brother, was studying anthropology at Université Laval before switching to an undergraduate degree in political science. He has now been banned from all studies or research activities until the court process is over, the school said.

The Facebook account had numerous selfies of the neatly groomed young man, who appeared to be a blues fan and was a member of the Laval chess club and a birding group.

Bissonnette was in the cadet program in the Quebec City area between 2002 and 2004, Canadian Cadet Organizations said in a statement. The national program focuses on developing leadership and citizenship skills as well as physical fitness. Cadets are not members of the Canadian Armed Forces and do not receive military training.

Another Facebook post refers to the Bissonnette family’s military service — a grandfather apparently served in France and Germany in the Second World War.

Another “like” was for the Parti Quebecois association in Louis-Hebert, a riding in Quebec’s national capital region currently held by a Liberal member, and another for H.G. Wells, author of the 1890s science-fiction novel War of the Worlds.