Police Now Say Just 1 Suspect in Mosque Attack

Quebec police now say just one of the individuals arrested in connection with Canadian mosque attack is considered a suspect, while the other man is considered a witness.

Police didn’t say which one remains the suspect in the Sunday night attack which killed six people and injured more than a dozen others.

Court clerk Isabelle Ferland earlier identified Alexandre Bissonnette and Mohamed el Khadir as the suspects.

A hospital now says five people are in critical condition following a shooting at a Quebec City mosque in which six people were killed.

University of Quebec Hospital Centre spokeswoman Genevieve Dupuis says 12 others suffered minor injuries in Sunday night’s shooting, which Canada’s prime minister has called an act of terrorism.

U.S. President Donald Trump has called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to express condolences about the Quebec City mosque attack that killed six.

Trudeau’s office says Trump expressed his condolences to Trudeau and the Canadian people and offered to provide any assistance needed.