Police said on Monday that one of the two people detained on suspicion of attacking a Canadian mosque Sunday night, killing six people and injuring more than a dozen others.
Citing an unidentified source familiar with the case, Reuters identified the suspect as Alexandre Bissonnette.
"(Authorities) consider this a lone wolf situation," the source told Reuters.
Quebec authorities have charged Bissonnette with six counts of first- degree murder. He also has been charged with five counts of attempted murder in the shooting at a mosque late Sunday.
Five people were critically injured in the attack at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Center and remained hospitalized Monday morning, The Associated Press reported. Twelve other people suffered minor injuries.
A witness told the CBC that two masked shooters opened fire before 8 p.m.
"The bullets hit people that were praying," the witness, who declined to be identified, told the CBC. "People who were praying lost their lives. A bullet passed right over my head."
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decried the violence.
"Tonight, Canadians grieve for those killed in a cowardly attack on a mosque in Quebec City," he tweeted.
Canadian officials are calling the incident a terrorist act.
The Vatican condemned the attack in a telegram sent to Cardinal Gerald LaCroix, Quebec's archbishop.
"The Holy Father firmly condemns the violence that engenders such suffering, and begs the Lord for the gift of mutual respect and peace," the telegram said.
In a statement, Vatican officials said attacking a mosque "violated the sacredness of human life and the respect owed to a community in prayer in a place of worship."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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