Under Attack : Quebec City Mosque Shooting - the fifth estate

​January 29, 2017 was a bitter cold Quebec City night. ​At 7:30 pm​, some 65 worshipers, including women and 3 children, are beginning their Sunday prayers​ ​in the mosque at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec​.​

At the same time, a 27 year old man is heading towards the mosque. In his car were weapons and ammunition.​ ​The night is getting colder and darker as the man pulls up to the mosque. He isn’t here to pray.

An unholy terror is about to be unleashed.​ ​The man walks into the mosque​ --​ his weapons fully loaded. He’s there to kill.

Six men died in the shooting shortly before 8 p.m.​ and ​19 people were wounded.​

Alexandre Bissonnette, a 27 year old Laval University student, has been charged with six counts of murder and 5 counts of attempted murder.

Now, The Fifth Estate reveals new details about the victims and the accused shooter.​ Co-host Mark Kelley is in Quebec City to tell the story of the shooting that shocked the nation.

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