Posted January 30, 2017 9:23 am by Comments

By Bob Owens

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Canadian police arrested two men they believe are responsible for an attack on a mosque in Quebec City, Quebec last night during evening prayers that left eighteen people wounded and six dead.

wo men were arrested following last night’s shooting at a Quebec City mosque that left six people dead and 18 wounded, in what Quebec’s premier described as a “murderous act directed at a specific community.”

Thirty-nine people escaped the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec (Islamic cultural centre of Quebec) in the Sainte-Foy neighbourhood without injuries, according to Quebec provincial police Sgt. Christine Coulombe.

Initially, it was reported that eight people were wounded, but authorities updated that number to 18 Monday morning.

Five were still in critical condition in hospital Monday morning and the other 13 have been released, according to a hospital spokesperson.

Coulombe said the people who died in the shooting, which occurred during Sunday evening prayers, ranged in age from 35 to 70.

One of the two men arrested was not far from the scene of the shooting, while the other was arrested near l’île d’Orléans, five kilometres from downtown Quebec City, following a police chase of the SUV he was driving.

Police called special technicians to where the chase ended, because …Read the Rest

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