{"id":20690,"date":"2017-01-30T05:28:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T05:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=20690"},"modified":"2017-01-30T05:33:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T05:33:09","slug":"gunmen-open-fire-on-quebec-city-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/gunmen-open-fire-on-quebec-city-mosque.html","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen open fire on Quebec City mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"Justify\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gunmen open fire on Quebec City mosque<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Gunmen open fire on Quebec City mosque:-<\/strong> Gunmen opened fire at a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers Sunday, causing multiple deaths and injuries, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Five people were killed after the shooting shook up the Centre Culturel Islamique de Quebec, Reuters and CTV reported, citing the mosque&#8217;s president, Mohamed Yangui. Quebec police confirmed the shooting had resulted in multiple fatalities, but did not confirm the death toll.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Quebec City police spokesman Constable Pierre Poirier said two suspects were arrested, The Associated Press reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard termed the act \u201cbarbaric violence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Tonight, Canadians grieve for those killed in a cowardly attack on a mosque in Quebec City,&#8221; Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted. &#8220;My thoughts are with victims &amp; their families.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Other Canadian officials echoed those sentiments.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Mes pens\u00e9es sont avec les familles et amis des victimes et \u00e0 la communaut\u00e9 de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SteFoy?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SteFoy<\/a> ce soir. Our hearts are broken.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Harjit Sajjan (@HarjitSajjan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarjitSajjan\/status\/825908888671285250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CBC?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#CBC<\/a> reporting multiple dead at Quebec City mosque, thoughts and prayers, today and tomorrow to be a sad day for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canada?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Masse (@BrianMasseMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianMasseMP\/status\/825901199442505728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shocking news. We just returned from Quebec City. Praying for the victims of this unspeakable crime. Those responsible must face justice. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KeEAs2o1IZ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/KeEAs2o1IZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rona Ambrose (@RonaAmbrose) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonaAmbrose\/status\/825901708895199234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale tweeted that his office was closely monitoring the situation, but he did not immediately confirm a motive for the shooting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A witness told Reuters that up to three gunmen fired on about 40 people inside the mosque.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Why is this happening here? This is barbaric,\u201d said the mosque&#8217;s president, Mohamed Yangui, according to Reuters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The New York Police Department said in a statement it assigned members of the Critical Response Command, its counterterrorism squad, to certain mosque locations in light of the Quebec City shooting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The mosque last June was the site of an anti-Islamic hate crime during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. In that incident, a worshipper found a pig&#8217;s head left at the mosque&#8217;s doorstep around 2:30 a.m. It was accompanied by a note that read, &#8220;Bon app\u00e9tit,&#8221; the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported. Eating pork is prohibited in the Islamic faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2017\/01\/29\/gunmen-open-fire-quebec-city-mosque\/97229988\/<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/gunmen-open-fire-on-quebec-city-mosque.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen open fire on Quebec City mosque Gunmen open fire on Quebec City mosque:- Gunmen opened fire at a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers Sunday, causing multiple deaths and injuries, officials said. 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