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Police say one person is being treated as a suspect in a deadly shooting at a mo

sque in Quebec City, Canada.


Sunday's attack on the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre left six people dead, five
people in a critical condition and 12 others injured.
Police detained two men following the shooting, but said one of them was being t
reated as a witness.
One man was arrested at the scene and a second man held after he called 911, pol
ice said.
Media captionA Muslim leader in the city says he is not surprised by the attack
Who has been arrested?
One suspect, reportedly a French-Canadian university student, is expected to app
ear in a Quebec City courtroom on Monday afternoon.
He had no police record before the incident, authorities said.
A man of Moroccan descent who was also arrested is now being considered a witnes
s, law enforcement sources have told local media.
Investigators have yet to give a motive for the shootings, citing an ongoing inv
estigation.
Canadian authorities said they did not believe there were any additional suspect
s and they were confident the threat was "under control".
Media captionPolice and ambulances surrounded the area around the mosque
At the scene - Jessica Murphy, BBC News
The streets around the mosque are mostly deserted except for the police investig
ators milling around the cordoned-off site.
Noemie Roussel Paradis is standing alone across from the empty mosque holding a
Quran. She is a proud convert to Islam and came to pay her respects after "this
murder, this attack, this act of terrorism", even though this was not the mosque
where she prays.
"This is Allah's home, and there was blood spilled on the floor," she said.
She said it's likely that she shared a Ramadan meal with one of the people who w
as in the mosque during the attack. "The only thing we can do now is cry and hop
e that Allah will make those responsible face their actions," she said.
Nearby, Martin St-Louis is holding a large wooden board, its painted message car
rying a call for peace.
"Where terror stands or walks, peace must stand," he said. "I'm no philosopher o
r priest, but for those people who fall, we have to stand."

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