QUEBEC CITY ¨C The French-Canadian student accused of killing six people during evening prayers in a Quebec City mosque had rented an apartment nearby, neighbors said on Tuesday, a sign he may have been targeting the house of worship.
Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, was charged on Monday with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder with a restricted weapon after Sunday evening¡¯s massacre at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Qu¨¦bec. Police said he acted alone.
The mass shooting, which was rare for Canada and which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a ¡°terrorist attack,¡± prompted an outpouring of support for the mosque and for the country¡¯s 1 million-strong Muslim community.
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