This blog entry is part of the A to Z challenge.
This is the one time I blog a shooting outside the United States, for the letter Q.
This account is from Wikipedia.
The Quebec City mosque shooting (French: Attentat de la grande mosquée de Québec) was a mass shooting that occurred on the evening of January 29, 2017, at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, a mosque in the Sainte-Foy neighbourhood of Quebec City, Canada. Six worshippers were killed and nineteen others injured when a lone gunman opened fire just before 8:00 pm, shortly after the end of evening prayers. Fifty-three people were reported present at the time of the shooting.
According to witnesses at the scene, the gunman entered the mosque shortly after the scheduled 7:30 pm prayers began, wearing either a hood or a ski mask. At about 7:55 pm EST, when the first calls to the police were made, he began shooting at worshippers lingering in the mosque after the prayer. The shooter later surrendered to the police.
The six victims were:
Ibrahima Barry (aged 39)
Mamadou Tanou Barry (aged 42)
Khaled Belkacemi (aged 60)
Aboubaker Thabti (aged 44)
Abdelkrim Hassane (aged 41)
Azzedine Soufiane (aged 57)
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2 comments:
Just came upon your blog from the A to Z main page. As you said there, somber subject. Thank you for keeping those lost from being forgotten.
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Yes, your posts are indeed somber but they are important. Often when confronted with such tragedies, we are all left speechless or we find our thoughts and emotions hard to articulate. By refusing to be silent, you are perpetuating an important memory and doing good in the world. Thank you.
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