Mohammad Moiz Omar, a 24-year-old Mississauga resident, used to be arrested on the Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre about 7 a.m. native time all the way through the morning time prayer of Fajr, Peel Regional Police stated in a commentary.
“Ahead of he may just inflict hurt on any (worshipers), a number of congregants bravely had been ready to prevent him,” the Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre stated in Fb commentary.
The mosque commentary stated the person used to be additionally armed with “a lot of different sharp edged guns.”
Worshipers sustained minor accidents from the undergo spray, police stated.
“The individuals of the Mosque briefly subdued the person till police arrived,” police stated in a commentary.
Investigators had been taking into consideration “all conceivable motivations, together with hate-motivation” for the attack, which gave the look to be an “remoted incident,” police stated. Fees had been pending.
Police will stay “within the house to provide reassurance to the neighborhood and the Mosque and supply further enhance,” the commentary stated.
Mississauga is set 15 miles southwest of Toronto within the province of Ontario.
