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<\/p>\nQuebec provincial police say six people are dead and eight were wounded after shots were fired inside\u00a0a\u00a0mosque on Sunday night during evening prayers.<\/p>\n
S\u00fbret\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec Sgt. Christine Coulombe\u00a0says the victims range in age from\u00a035 to 70.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thirty-nine people escaped the Islamic cultural centre of Quebec in the Sainte-Foy neighbourhood\u00a0without injuries, according to Coulombe.<\/p>\n
Both Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Quebec government have called the shooting an act of terrorism.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the evening, Quebec City Police\u00a0Const.\u00a0\u00c9tienne Doyon said mostly men were gathered\u00a0inside\u00a0the mosque when the shooting began just before\u00a08 p.m.<\/p>\n
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An ambulance is parked at the scene of a fatal shooting at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City. Police say multiple people were killed. (Mathieu Belanger\/Reuters)<\/p>\n
At the moment of the attack, the men were praying on the ground floor of the building, while women and children were upstairs.<\/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 Quebec City Police said they are working with the RCMP and the Quebec provincial police. At 10:40 p.m. police said the “situation is under control.”<\/p>\n “The building is secure and the occupants evacuated. The investigation continues,”Quebec City Police tweeted.<\/p>\n Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact Quebec provincial police at\u00a01-800-659-4264.<\/p>\n According to Quebec City Police, the shooting began just before 8 p.m. (Maxime Corneau\/Radio-Canada)<\/p>\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 Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois 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 Quebec City police say two suspects have been arrested. (Radio-Cananda)<\/p>\n Quebec Premier\u00a0Philippe\u00a0Couillard\u00a0called\u00a0the shooting\u00a0an act of terrorism\u00a0and said flags at the National Assembly, Quebec’s provincial legislature, would be\u00a0lowered to half-mast.\u00a0<\/p>\n Earlier he said that “Quebec categorically rejects this barbaric violence” and offered solidarity with the families of the victims.<\/p>\n Le #Qu\u00e9bec<\/a> rejette cat\u00e9goriquement cette violence barbare. Toute notre solidarit\u00e9 aux proches des victimes, des bless\u00e9s et \u00e0 leur famille.<\/p>\n![\"Officer](\"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/RSSPoster_PRO\/cache\/331a6_officer-quebec-city-mosque-shooting.jpg\")
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<\/p>\nPM, premier call\u00a0shooting act of terrorism<\/h2>\n
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