The vast majority of Muslims killed by Islamic terrorists are killed for sectarian or strategic reasons, and are almost always living in close proximity to the group that kills them. Attacks carried out by Islamists in the West, if I'm not mistaken, have never targeted Muslims specifically. This would be a radical departure from that attack pattern.

The fact that it was directed against Muslims, in Canada, at a mosque with a reported history of anti-Islamic vandalism, makes it a rather unique case.

But according to real-estate records, Bissonnette’s parents own a home on Tracel St. in the Cap-Rouge district of Quebec City where police conducted a search on Monday.