Quebec attacker 'not associated with a terrorist group': Police

The sword-wielding attacker who killed two people and wounded five others in Quebec City was not "associated with a terrorist group," Canadian police said Sunday.

"Yesterday evening we were plunged into a night of horror when a 24-year-old man, who does not live in Quebec, came with the intention of claiming as many victims as possible," AFP quotes Quebec City police chief Robert Pigeon.

"Everything leads us to believe" that the suspect, who was armed with a Japanese sword, "chose his victims at random," Pigeon added.

The attacks occurred late Saturday in multiple locations in the Old Quebec neighborhood, near the tourist hotspot Chateau Frontenac and the National Assembly, the Quebec provincial parliament, according to police.

The suspect is said to be "a man in his mid-20s," and was dressed in "medieval clothing."

(CGTN)