Friends of Quebec City shooting victims to continue praying in targeted mosque
QUEBEC — A small Quebec City apartment block turned into a place of mourning on Tuesday as members of the Guinean Muslim community gathered to remember two of the six victims of last weekend’s mosque shooting.
In the lobby, flowers rested on a small wooden table next to a sign commemorating Ibrahima Barry and Mamadou Tanou Barry, who lived in separate apartments with their families.
Souleymane Bah, the head of Quebec City’s Guinean association, helped to co-ordinate the flood of visitors arriving to pay their respects.
A regular at the mosque where the shooting took place, Bah said that while the small Guinean community of between 300 and 400 people is afraid, all want to return to their place of worship.