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Six people have been killed and eight others were injured after at least two gunmen opened fire in a Quebec City mosque Sunday night.

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At a press conference early Monday morning, Premier Philippe Couillard said he was “horrified” by the attack.

Addressing Quebec’s Muslim population, he said: “We are with you, you are at home, you are welcome at home, we are all Quebecers. Together, we must continue to build a society that’s open, welcoming and peaceful.”

Couillard also did not hesitate to call the shooting an act of terrorism. “We’ll soon know how organized it was, how long ago and by whom, but the fact that it’s an organized attack on a specific community, I think anywhere in the world it would qualify as a terrorist attack,” he said.

A few minutes earlier, an SQ spokesperson confirmed that two suspects were arrested – one near the mosque, and another near Île d’Orléans, east of Quebec City. Police said nothing leads them to believe that other people were involved.