Police say one of the suspected gunmen involved in a horrific shooting at Quebec City mosque that left six people dead called 9-1-1 late Sunday indicating he wanted to co-operate with authorities.
A police spokesman says the man waited for officers who arrested him without incident not long after the bloody massacre at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Quebec in Quebec City's Ste-Foy neighbourhood.
Police say they received reports of shots being fired at the mosque just before 8 p.m., when many had gathered at the building for evening prayers.
They say one suspect was arrested not far from the mosque and the second suspect, who called 9-1-1, was arrested a short time after just east of Quebec City's downtown core.
The six people killed in the attack were between the ages of 35 and 60.
Nineteen people were injured in the attack — five remain in hospital in critical condition while 14 have been treated and released.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard have called the shooting a "terrorist attack.''
SQ conduct raids
Meanwhile, police were busy overnight and into the morning in the neighborhood where the mosque is located.
Early Monday morning the provincial police tactical squad raided a home on Quatre Bourgeois Rd., about one kilometre away from the mosque.
At around 8:40 a.m., police were seen leaving the house with two men in handcuffs.
At around noon on Monday, police insisted that there was only one suspect involved in the attack. Initially, police say two men were arrested, but then suggested the other man is not a suspect, but instead, is an important witness.
Attack draws international condemnation
A number of Canadian Muslim groups have expressed shock and anger at the attack.
"Quebec Muslims are frightened right now,'' said Haroun Bouazzi, president of AMAL-Quebec, a Muslim human-rights group based on Montreal. "We are urgently waiting for answers as to how and why such a tragedy could occur.''
The National Council of Canadian Muslims called on law enforcement agencies around the country to increase security around mosques and Islamic centres.
"We are horrified by this despicable act of violence,'' the council's executive director Ihsaan Gardee said in a statement. "This act of wanton murder must be punished to the fullest extent of the law.''
Gardee added that the council was "heartened'' by the support expressed for the Muslim community by other Canadians.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama also spoke out against the attack.
"We are deeply saddened by the attack that took place in a mosque in Quebec City and we pray for the rapid recovery of the wounded,'' said national president Lal Khan Malik. "We are taking steps to ensure that all members of the community feel secure and safe.''
The mosque shooting has also drawn international outrage.
French President Francois Hollande has condemned what he called an "odious attack'' while a spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls the shooting "despicable.''
Pope Francis offered his condolences and called for mutual respect among people of different faiths.
In a telegram, he said he is praying for those killed and injured, as well as those who responded to the bloodshed.
-CJAD 800's Richard Deschamps contributed to this report.