Six people convey been killed in addition to some other 8 wounded inwards a shooting at a mosque inwards Quebec City, Canada, law say.
Shots were fired at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre on sun night, where to a greater extent than than fifty people had gathered for eventide prayers.
One suspect was arrested at the scene in addition to some other was arrested nearby. Police create non believe in that place are other suspects at large.
The Canadian regime are treating the shooting equally a terror attack.
"We condemn this terrorist assault on Muslims inwards a pump of worship in addition to refuge," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said inwards a statement.
"Muslim-Canadians are an of import business office of our national fabric, in addition to these senseless acts convey no house inwards our communities, cities in addition to country."
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard too referred to the shooting equally a terrorist attack.
The dead were aged betwixt almost 35 in addition to seventy years old, law spokeswoman Christine Coulombe said.
Some of those injured were inwards a serious condition, she said.
Police said the surface area was secure in addition to the province of affairs was "under control". Thirty-nine people had left the mosque safely, they said.
The Quebec regime convey non identified the suspects, exactly Radio Canada quoted a source to a greater extent than or less the investigation equally proverb that they were students at Laval University inwards Quebec City in addition to ane was of Moroccan origin.
An eyewitness told the radio station that ii hooded people had flare-up into the mosque. One opened burn downwards on those praying in addition to shouted "Allahu Akbar", Standard Arabic for "God is Great".
One of the suspects fled the scene inwards a vehicle exactly was arrested on a twosome leading to Orleans Island, local media reported. The suspect had called the law himself, Radio Canada said.
Automatic weapons in addition to handguns were recovered past times police, Journal de Quebec reported.
The president of the mosque, Mohamed Yangui - who was non within at the fourth dimension - said the shooting had happened inwards the men's department of the mosque.
"Why is this happening here? This is barbaric," he said.
On its Facebook page the pump thanked the populace "for the hundreds of messages of compassion".
In June final twelvemonth the same mosque was the target of an Islamophobic incident when a pig's caput was left inwards forepart of the building, amongst a carte du jour proverb "bonne appetit".
Eating pork is forbidden inwards Islam.
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