Suspect in Quebec mosque attack facing 6 counts of 1st-degree murder

Alexandre Bissonnette, the man police believe opened fire on a Quebec City mosque, will face six charges of first-degree murder and five charges of attempted murder.

Bissonnette is set to appeared in Quebec City court on Monday afternoon.

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his screengrab from the suspect's Facebook page, taken before it went offline, shows Alexandre Bissonnette as a child wearing his cadet uniform. (Facebook)

According to his Facebook page, which has since been taken down, Bissonnette is from the Quebec City suburb of Cap-Rouge.

His profile also shows he studied anthropology and political science at Laval University and was a cadet as a child.

The shooting happened shortly before 8 p.m. ET Sunday, less than three kilometres away from Laval's campus, during evening prayers at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Quebec.

Six men were killed.

Five people remain in hospital with injuries. Two will need more surgery, while the other three are stable and may be discharged soon. Another 13 people with minor injuries have been released, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

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Only 1 suspected shooter

Two men were arrested Sunday night following the shooting. Shortly after noon Monday, the Quebec provincial police said only one of the men is a suspect in the attack. The second man is now considered a witness.

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