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Man arraigned in Montreal on two counts of attempted murder in separate incidents

A 56-year-old Quebec man is facing two counts of attempted murder in connection with two separate shooting incidents earlier this month.

Jacques Bolduc was arraigned in a Montreal courtroom Thursday afternoon on six charges in all.

He also faces two counts of armed robbery and two related to alleged firearms infractions.

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Bolduc was arrested earlier this week in Saint-Donat, about 140 kilometres northwest of Montreal.

Police had asked the public for information after two people were shot during armed robbery attempts east of Montreal’s downtown.

In the first incident, a man was shot in the chest after refusing to hand over his car keys and a cellphone on Feb. 6.

The next day, a woman was shot in the upper body during a robbery at a convenience store before the suspect fled into the city’s subway system.

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