Update: Arab suspect released. The lone gunman is White Trump/Le-Pen Supporter Alexandre Bissonnette. Read more here.
A horrific scene unfolded in a Quebec mosque Sunday around 8pm local time when gunmen, suspected to be of Quebec and Arab origin, opened fire on a congregation of between 60 and 100 people during evening prayer ceremonies while yelling “Allahu Akbar.” Six have been killed and eight wounded at last count. The shooting comes a day after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada would take refugees banned by Donald Trump’s Executive Order.
Two suspects are in custody, however police have declined to identify them due to “strategic and operational reasons.” TVA Nouvelles reports, however, that the suspects are of Arab and Quebec origin (original source in French).
An eyewitness reported to CBS:
“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. –CBS News
And acccording to an anonymous 4chan user, the names “Bashir Al Taweed and Hassan Matti” were heard on police scanners:
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued a statement:
Tonight, Canadians grieve for those killed in a cowardly attack on a mosque in Quebec City. My thoughts are with victims & their families.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) January 30, 2017
Video of the scene
#QuebecMosqueShooting: ‘There were even children too. There was even a three-year-old who was with his father’ https://t.co/TGUdqWmdqO pic.twitter.com/XyPg7w3r9Q
— RT (@RT_com) January 30, 2017
Fusillade à une mosquée de Québechttps://t.co/JfsrjoQS50 pic.twitter.com/e7tepIYDu0
— P.C. (@samyoscar) January 30, 2017
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Anyone surprised?
Any other Canadians on this site? I have been wondering if/when we see headlines like this. With the longest unprotected border in the world, I am surprised the US hasn’t (yet) announced that if Canada’s open borders policy isn’t stop, the Don will build a F’n wall.
Toronto- My family lived in Montreal in the 19th century. Since we are both Anglo Protestant nations, you have nothing to worry about. Your entire population could move here and nobody would notice or complain because we are the same people.
At the Southern Border were are being invaded by the poor, spanish speaking, largerly aboriginal people of Mexico and Central America to the tune of 3-5 million per year. These are great people, but they change the character of the nation and there are some compatibility problems because their IQs are so much lower than the average European.
I think you Canadians know that populations that don’t assimilate cause big problems for a nation (like the French in Montreal). This is known as Balkanisation and it divides and weakens a country. American need the stop the flood and work on assimilation or we could face some debilitating longer-term problems. You should want us strong, it is in your best interest.
t.c, re Montreal. The French speaking were there first and then were invaded by the red coats, the latter being eventually kicked-out of Quebec province after WWII. It was not for the Quebecois to assimilate but rather for the invading Brits to respect the other culture.
t.c. I do not agree with your theory or statement. Explain to me why there is some Mexican that are member of Mensa ? Supposedly German people are of a superior race, so why I’ve meet stupid people there ? There is low I.Q. and high I.Q. all aound the world.
As far as for Montrealer, I think what you heard is just coming out from an old history book. Probably form the 19th century. FTQ is an history dating back from the 70’s. Being here right now, I don’t see any French causing problem to our nation. Neither Jewish, or from any other origin. It is peacefull.
As far as for Toronto, no worries for building a wall between Canada and the US. The latter being an energy needing country, and with Keystone coming along, I don’t see anything like that in the future. Our ties with the US are strong like t.c. country.
Finally, I do see this sad event as an isolated one.
francis, my point way about average population IQ, this is not about individuals. There are tens of thousands of very smart hispanics in the world and I love hispanics.
The point is though that the reason the western world is consistently the best is likely an interrelated combination of culture and genetics. Or maybe the dirt over here is just really, really, magical.
If the magical dirt theory turns out to be true, we should export some of it to the third world and all our problems will be solved.
john-galt, I get your point but it makes not Canada weaker to have such dissimilar populations and we are currently doing the same thing to the US many times over. The tradition in the US is assimilation and I think it is the better policy. Let the assimilation begin.
FYI, the name of the two suspects are Alexandre Bissonnette and Mohamed Khadir.
You are just joking about the Mexican IQ.. Right?
Perhaps it’s our education system that’s superior rather than native IQ. Same thing was said about Italians, Irish, Chinese, and Jews when they came to US in late 19th century.
Don’t be ignorant dude.
Humans are more diverse than people pretend. Different groups have different abilities. This fact makes a lot of people uncomfortable, but it is still a fact nonetheless. I think it’s better to get the truth out even if it is uncomfortable. This is exactly why the Jewish people are so successful and also the Brahman and Parsi groups in India. It is also why blacks dominate the NFL and NBA and all speed sports. It is also why they don’t do as well in swimming. The same forces that made us all so physically different also made other areas different. This should not be a great suprise.