Contemporary era · 2017
Quebec City mosque shooting
On the evening of January 29, 2017, an Islamophobic domestic terrorist attack took place at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, a mosque in the Sainte-Foy neighbourhood of Quebec City, Canada. Six worshippers were killed and five others seriously injured after evening prayers when the gunman entered the prayer hall shortly before 8:00 pm and opened fire for about two minutes with a semi-automatic pistol.
- When
- 29 Jan 2017
- Where
- Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City
- Era
- Contemporary
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Text from the Wikipedia article Quebec City mosque shooting, CC BY-SA 4.0