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QUEBEC — We support you. We share your tears. And we will all work together to combat hatred.

That was the message Monday night from a vast crowd of Quebec City residents who braved sub-zero temperatures to take part in a vigil near the mosque where six men died in a gun attack on Jan. 29, 2017.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier Philippe Couillard, Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume and Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante were among the speakers who paid homage to the dignity and resilience of the city’s Muslim community.

Wives and family members of the victims expressed their grief and gratitude to Quebecers for the outpouring of sympathy that followed the massacre.

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And Aymen Derbali, a survivor who spent two months in a coma and was paralyzed in the attack, earned thunderous applause for a speech where he thanked Quebecers for their support.

“I always look at the positive,” said Derbali, who said he hopes to work with youth to promote intercultural understanding.