QUEBEC CITY —Six people were killed in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers, the president of the center said Sunday. Authorities reported two arrests in what Quebec’s premier and Canada’s prime minister called an act of terrorism.
Early reports said five people were killed, but in a news conference early Monday morning, authorities confirmed six deaths with 8 people injured. The extent of their injuries are unknown.
Quebec City Islamic Cultural Centre President Mohamed Yangui reported the first number of dead late Sunday in a telephone call from the provincial capital.
Yangui said the shooting happened in the men’s section of the mosque. He said five males had died and he worried that some were children. He said he wasn’t at the center when the attack occurred, but he got some details from people on the scene.
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