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Grief, fear after the killing of a Muslim family in London, Ont.

In the wake of the hateful attack that left four Muslim family members dead and a young boy in hospital: voices from the grief-filled London, Ont., Muslim community.
People are seen at a makeshift memorial at the fatal crime scene where a man driving a pickup truck jumped the curb and ran over a Muslim family in what police say was a deliberately targeted anti-Islamic hate crime, in London, Ontario, Canada June 7, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

On Sunday evening, four members of one family were killed in a hit and run in London, Ont. Only a young boy, now orphaned, survived. Police are calling the attack hate-motivated, saying the family was targeted because of their Muslim faith. 

Today, voices from the grief-filled community, including a conversation with Imam Aarij Anwer of the London Muslim Mosque about the deep hurt, fear and outrage he is hearing. 

 

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