Five people were killed after gunmen opened
fire in a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers on Sunday, the mosque's
president told reporters.
Earlier, a witness told Reuters that up to three
gunmen opened fire on about 40 people inside the Quebec City Islamic
Cultural Center. Police put up a security perimeter around the mosque after the
shooting. Heavily armed tactical police were seen entering the mosqueQuebec police spokesperson said:
"There are many victims ... there are deaths".
A police tweet said there were deaths and
injuries and that two suspects had been arrested.
"Why is this happening
here? This is barbaric," said the mosque's president, Mohamed Yangui.
Earlier, on Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister, Justin
Trudeau, had invited refugees who were fleeing persecution to come to
Canada in two tweets. He wrote:
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