Canada: Man with axe attacks mosque, Trudeau ‘strongly condemns’ attack, attacker arrested: Mohammad Moiz Omar

According to the press release, local police arrested a 24-year-old individual named Mohammad Moiz Omar for disrupting the morning prayer (Sobh) at the Dar Al-Tawheed mosque in Mississauga, a suburb of the city of Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario.AA.com

A man armed with an axe attacked worshippers at a mosque near Toronto. There were no injuries.

A man armed with an axe and bear spray attacked worshippers at a mosque in a Toronto suburb on Saturday without anyone being injured. This attack was condemned “in the strongest possible terms” by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The 24-year-old man who was arrested entered the mosque in the city of Mississauga (Ontario, eastern Canada) and sprayed some worshippers with his spray before being subdued, local police said in a press release.

Members of the mosque were slightly injured by the bear spray, authorities said. It was an ” individual act”, police said, indicating that it could be an “Islamophobic act”.

Canada: A man armed with an axe attacks Muslims in a mosque, an “Islamophobic attack” is said, Justin Trudeau “strongly condemns”. Assailant named Mohammad Moiz Omar, arrested