Two men have been charged with second-degree murder and arson after a fire erupted in an Old Montreal building last week, killing a mother and daughter from France. Firefighters stand next to a building in Old Montreal on Saturday, Oct., 5, 2024.Photo by Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press

Two men charged with second-degree murder, arson after Old Montreal fire killed mother and daughter

Montreal police said Friday that one man was suspected of throwing an incendiary device into the building while the other was suspected of driving the getaway car

· National Post

MONTREAL — Two men have been charged with second-degree murder and arson after a fire erupted in an Old Montreal building, killing a mother and daughter from France.

Justin Fortier-Trahan, 20, and Juventino Hernandez Pelaez, 18, were charged in the deaths of Leonor Geraudie, 43, and her seven-year-old daughter Verane Reynaud Geraudie, who were in the building when it caught fire Oct. 4.

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