Municipal police patrol outside the Quebec mosque the morning after two gunmen opened fire during evening prayers on Sunday, killing six people and injuring eight others at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Photo by Andre Pichette/EPA
-- Multiple shooters opened fire at a mosque in
Quebec City, Canada, on Sunday, killing six people and injuring eight during
evening prayers, police said.
Quebec City Police said they made two arrests in
the aftermath of the shooting. The center was the same one that was harassed
last year when a pig's head was left at the mosque's doorstep during Ramadan.
"Tonight, Canadians grieve for those killed in a cowardly
attack on a mosque in Quebec City," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted, with Quebec Premier
Philippe Couillard saying the city "categorically rejects this barbaric
violence" in a tweet of
his own.
Around 8 p.m. Sunday, with more than 40 people inside the
mosque, witnesses reported up to three
assailants opened fire on the men, women and children attending services.
One witness, who asked to remain anonymous, said two masked individuals
entered the mosque, yelled "Allahu Akbar" in a Quebecois-sounding accent
and then started firing at people while they preyed.
Trudeau called it terrorism
against Muslims.
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