University professor among six victims of Quebec shooting

One suspect is in custody over Sunday’s shooting at the Islamic Cultural Center in Quebec while another has been questioned as a witness.

The attack occurred during evening prayers at a Quebec City mosque and cultural center, killing six men and wounding 19 others.

Canadian authorities say a 27-year old man was exclusively responsible for the armed attack on a Quebec mosque on Sunday.

Fabricated details about the horrendous crime in Quebec City, which left six worshipers dead and more than a dozen others wounded, were promoted by an army of bots and high-profile right-wing commentators.

Police said today it is too early to specify what charges will be laid.

“It is a domestic investigation at this time”, said Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector Martin Plante, while shedding no light on the suspects’ motives.

A spokesman for the prime minister said U.S. President Donald Trump telephoned Trudeau to express his sympathy and he “offered to provide any assistance as needed”.

On Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a statement on the attack, saying “Make no mistake: This was a terrorist attack”.

A second person who is being held was originally considered a suspect but had since been reclassified as a witness.

Coulombe said those killed were between ages 35 and 70.

But it remained unclear what prompted the attack.

None of them had fathers who were shot or killed in the mosque, but numerous kids live near the school and heard the shots and saw the police intervention, he said.

A spokeswoman with the Centre Hospitalier Universite Laval says at least three of those people are now between life and death.

Trudeau will travel Monday to Quebec City from Ottawa for a vigil – one of many planned across Canada.

In a personal message to the country’s one million Muslims he later said: ‘Know that we value you.

Several thousand people are on the floor of the Maurice-Richard Arena and many more are in the stands to pay their respects to Abdelkrim Hassane, Khaled Belkacemi and Aboubaker Thabti.

The Montreal Gazette cited assistant director Patrick Lalonde of the Montreal police in reporting that in the wake of Sunday night’s incident, police contacted Muslim leaders in Montreal and increased police presence around all mosques in the city.