Mass shooting at Quebec City mosque: Five killed in ‘barbaric’ attack

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Postmedia News and The Canadian Press | January 30, 2017 12:47 AM ET
Multiple gunmen opened fire in a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers, killing five people and injuring several others.

The president of the mosque told Postmedia News that he received a call about the mass shooting around 8 p.m.

“This is a terrible event,” Mohamed Yangui said. “We’re in a state of shock, I can’t find words to describe it.”

Yangui said five people were killed and many others injured.

Canadian police officers respond to a shooting in a mosque at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec in Quebec city on Jan. 29, 2017. Two arrests have been made after multiple people were reportedly shot dead. ALICE CHICHE/AFP/Getty Image
Police survey the scene of a shooting at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec in Quebec city on Jan. 29, 2017.
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