More than 2,000 gather in San Diego to mourn three men killed in mosque attack | Gun Violence Issues

The three men who were killed in Monday’s shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego are being remembered as heroes at the memorial.

More than 2,000 people have gathered in a park in San Diego, California, to mourn a security guard and two other men who were killed while trying to stop this week’s attack. the largest mosque in the city.

Mourners, including police in uniform, lined up for the Islamic funeral prayer, or Janazah, on Thursday.

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The the bodies of three men – 51-year-old Amin Abdullah, 78-year-old Mansour Kaziha and 57-year-old Nadir Awad – slept under a sheet, under a white roof.

“God is great,” the attendees chanted in Arabic, raising their hands.

Many remember the three men as heroes for slowing down and distracting the two young suspects who opened fire at the Islamic Center in San Diego on Monday, during school hours.

They should be buried next to each other at noon in a nearby cemetery.

“Today is a message for everyone: Our community has been wounded, but our community is strong and strong,” said the local imam, Taha Hassane.

He said people flew in from all over the United States to attend the event, some from as far away as the East Coast.

‘Today is a very difficult day’

One brother broke down in tears as he spoke about Monday’s shooting, which has put Muslims in the United States at the center of an era of anti-Islam.

“Today is a very difficult day for the people of our community,” said the mourner, who asked not to be named.

Monday’s attack is currently being investigated as a targeted attack. “We consider this a crime until it happens,” San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said shortly after the shooting.

The police have shown that what these three people did will help to prevent bloodshed.

The shooting began at approximately 11:43am Pacific Time (18:43 GMT), while Abdullahthe guard of the place, opened fire with the robbers.

Police said he used his radio to call for the closure of the mosque, which houses a primary school with 140 students.

His actions have been cited as allowing children and staff time to hide in classrooms and classrooms.

Awad, whose wife is a teacher at the center, lives across the street from the mosque. He and Kaziha, who worked with the cook at the place, heard the gunshots and rushed to the place to help. All three men died from their injuries.

The terrorists fled the mosque in their car and were later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

Khaled Abdullah, 24, the son of a security guard, said his family was encouraged by the way his father died.

“Mfundo yakuti anali kutsogolo, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠arima waki waka​—yezga wakachitira na kuvikilira ŵana na ŵanthu ŵambura mulandu, nkhujipulika makora,” Khaled wakaphalira nyuzipepala ya Reuters Lachitatu. “Calling him a hero is the least we can do.”