The octogenarian opened fire when the two men, aged 74 and 78, came upon him trying to set fire to the mosque’s door on Monday afternoon, the police department said in a statement. The victims were brought to a nearby hospital with serious injuries, while the suspected shooter was later arrested near his home. In June this year, a gunman wounded an imam in a shooting at a mosque in the northwestern city of Brest, but police ruled out a terror motive. Mosques were also targeted after the killing of 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in 2015. Dozens of mosques were attacked by arsonists, others with firebombs, grenades or gunfire.

Source: The Express Tribune October 28, 2019 18:33 UTC