3 injured after man with knife enters Montreal-area mosque
CTV
Three men were injured after trying to subdue a man armed with a knife during afternoon prayers at a Montreal-area mosque Friday afternoon.
Three men were injured after trying to subdue a man armed with a knife during afternoon prayers at a Montreal-area mosque Friday afternoon.
The incident happened at around 1:40 p.m. at the Centre Culturel Musulman in Châteauguay, an off-island suburb of Montreal.
Châteauguay police got a 911 call reporting that a man had entered the building on Saint Jean Baptiste Boulevard with a knife and then got into an altercation with people who were inside, said police spokesperson Nadia Grondin.
The three men are in their 50s and their injuries are not considered life-threatening. One of them was sent to hospital.
Police arrested the suspect, a 24-year-old man, who is set to be questioned by investigators.
In a post on X, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed expressed sympathies with the wounded men and the congregation, saying that he was "disturbed to learn that three people were injured in an attack."
