{"id":65250,"date":"2017-01-30T04:23:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T04:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/multiple-dead-2-arrested-after-shooting-at-quebec-city-mosque.html"},"modified":"2017-01-30T04:23:10","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T04:23:10","slug":"multiple-dead-2-arrested-after-shooting-at-quebec-city-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/multiple-dead-2-arrested-after-shooting-at-quebec-city-mosque.html","title":{"rendered":"Multiple dead, 2 arrested after shooting at Quebec City mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quebec City Police say several people are dead\u00a0after shots were fired inside\u00a0a Quebec City mosque on Sunday night during evening prayers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Multiple people are also feared wounded. Their condition is not known at this time.<\/span><\/p>\n

A few dozen people were inside the\u00a0Islamic cultural centre of Quebec in the\u00a0Sainte-Foy\u00a0neighbourhood when the shooting began just after 8 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Quebec City Police\u00a0Constable\u00a0\u00c9tienne Doyon said mostly men were gathered at the mosque for evening prayers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The director of the centre said at least five people were killed, but that information has not been confirmed by police.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Two suspects have been arrested, one of whom was apprehended after a chase that ended near\u00a0l’\u00eele d’Orl\u00e9ans.<\/p>\n

A large perimeter has been set up around the mosque.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Mosque<\/p>\n

Quebec City police say two suspects have been arrested. (Radio-Cananda)<\/p>\n

‘A Quebecois accent’<\/h2>\n

A witness, who asked to remain anonymous, told CBC’s French-language service Radio-Canada\u00a0that two masked individuals entered the mosque.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It seemed to me that they had a Quebecois accent. They started to fire, and as they shot they\u00a0yelled, ‘Allahu akbar!’ The bullets hit people that were praying. People who were praying lost their lives. A bullet passed right over my head,” said the witness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“There were even kids. There was even a three-year-old who was with his father.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Canadian<\/p>\n

A few dozen people were inside the Islamic cultural centre of Quebec in the Sainte-Foy neighbourhood when the shooting began just after 8 p.m. (Canadian Press)<\/p>\n

Quebec premier tweets in solidarity with victims<\/h2>\n

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard\u00a0said in a tweet\u00a0that the province is mobilizing to assure the safety of Quebec City residents.<\/p>\n

He added that “Quebec categorically rejects this barbaric violence” and offered solidarity with the families of victims and wounded.<\/p>\n

Last June, during the Muslim holy month of\u00a0Ramadan,\u00a0a pig’s head was left on the doorstep of the mosque.<\/p>\n

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Fusillade au Centre culturel islamique: le gouvernement est mobilis\u00e9 pour assurer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de la population de #Qu\u00e9bec<\/a>. #polqc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014
\n @phcouillard<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Canadian\u00a0Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the shooting a “cowardly attack” and said Canadians were grieving for the victims.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Tonight, Canadians grieve for those killed in a cowardly attack on a mosque in Quebec City. My thoughts are with victims their families.<\/p>\n

\u2014
\n @JustinTrudeau<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Article source: http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/quebec-city-mosque-gun-shots-1.3957686?cmp=rss<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Quebec City Police say several people are dead\u00a0after shots were fired inside\u00a0a Quebec City mosque on Sunday night during evening prayers.\u00a0 Multiple people are also feared wounded. Their condition is not known at this time. A few dozen people were inside the\u00a0Islamic cultural centre of Quebec in the\u00a0Sainte-Foy\u00a0neighbourhood when the shooting began just after 8 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-65250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political","tag-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}