by Tyler Durden
Jan 29, 2017 11:02 PM
Update: One day after the prime minister welcome Muslims into the country, it appears
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard calls mosque shooting a "terrorist
act", and Greg Fergus, an MP in Quebec blamed "years of demonising
Muslims" for the massacre...
A witness, who asked to remain anonymous, told CBC's French-language service Radio-Canada that two masked individuals entered the mosque.
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Quebec police confirm: "The premises are secure and the occupants have been evacuated. The investigation continues," the SPVQ wrote on Twitter.Quebec MP says deadly shooting at mosque is "a terrorist act that is...the result of years of demonising Muslims" https://t.co/H9PEImfv7Z pic.twitter.com/mBhzq0I3CR— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) January 30, 2017
A witness, who asked to remain anonymous, told CBC's French-language service Radio-Canada that two masked individuals entered the mosque.
"It seemed to me that they had a Quebecois accent. They started to fire, and as they shot they yelled, 'Allahu akbar!' The bullets hit people that were praying. People who were praying lost their lives. A bullet passed right over my head," said the witness.Additionally, NYPD is steeping up patrol at all mosque/house-of-worship locations citywide, due to the shooting at a mosque in Quebec.
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