Gunmen killed five in Quebec City as they opened fire during the evening prayer at a mosque, the New York Times reports.
A witness told Reuters that up to three men attacked a congregation of around 40. The shooting comes at the end of a weekend defined by protests against Donald Trump's executive order banning immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
Quebec City police confirmed that there had been an attack in a tweet, but didn't release details. The AP reported that two arrests had been made. The police haven't ruled out the possibility that there could be a third gunman.
"There are many victims...there are deaths," a Quebec police spokesman told Reuters.
Mosque president Mohamed Yangui condemned the attacks.
"Why is this happening here? This is barbaric,” he told Reuters.
Last summer, a pig's head was left outside the mosque.
Quebec City mosque where people were shot tonight is the same one where a pig's head was left outside last summer: https://t.co/i3pBi32X2a
— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) January 30, 2017
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