Gunmen attack mosque in Canada, kill six

Canadian police have detained two men in connection to a deadly shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada.
One of the men is suspected in the attack on the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre that left six people dead and the other is a witness, police said.
Police had earlier said both men were suspects in the shooting, which also left five people in critical condition.
One man was arrested at the scene and a second man held after he called 911, police said.
The two men who were detained are believed to be in their 20s or early 30s and had no prior police record before the incident, authorities said.
The second man was apprehended in his car on a bridge leading to Orleans island after he had called authorities, according to police.
Police have yet to give a motive for the shootings, citing an ongoing investigation.
Canadian authorities said they did not believe there were any additional suspects and they were confident that the threat was “under control”.
More than 50 people were at the mosque when shots were fired.
Among those wounded, five were in critical condition in hospital and 12 others sustained minor injuries, according to University of Quebec Hospital Centre spokeswoman Genevieve Dupuis.
The dead were aged between about 35 and 65, Canadian authorities have confirmed.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard both described the attack as a terrorist act, but authorities were reluctant to label it as such.
The attack came as protests over US President Donald Trump’s travel ban on several Muslim countries gripped the US.
When asked if Mr Trump’s actions influenced the attack, Mr Couillard said no, but added: “We are obviously in a world where people tend to divide themselves rather than unite themselves”.
Mr Trump called Mr Trudeau on Monday to offer his condolences and any assistance in the wake of the attack.
The president of the mosque, Mohamed Yangui – who was not inside at the time – said the shooting had happened in the men’s section of the mosque.
“Why is this happening here? This is barbaric,” he said.
On its Facebook page the centre thanked the public “for the hundreds of messages of compassion”.
In June last year the same mosque was the target of an Islamophobic incident when a pig’s head was left in front of the building, with a card saying “bonne appetit”.
Eating pork is forbidden in Islam.
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