Canada paying final homage to family killed in truck attack

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The city of London, Ontario paid homage Saturday to a Muslim family deliberately mowed down by the driver of a pick-up truck, in an attack that ...

Thousands joined a walk against hatred in London, Ontario on June 11, 2021, five days after members of a Canadian Muslim family were killed when a man 'deliberately' targeted them with his truck AFP/Nicole OSBORNELONDON, Canada: The city of London, Ontario paid homage on Saturday to a Muslim family deliberately mowed down by the driver of a pick-up truck, in an attack that has shocked Canadians and which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denounced as"terrorist.

Funeral services for Salman Afzaal, 46, his wife Madiha, 44, their daughter Yumna, 15 and Salman's mother Talat, 74, are set for early Saturday afternoon in the London Islamic center.The burial will be private, but people are being encouraged to line up along the route of the funeral cortege in solidarity with the victims of the attack, which has badly shaken the Muslim community and other Canadians as well.

The imam Aarji Anwer, from the Islamic center, told the CBC public network that he hoped the ceremony would help people grieve and bring some closure. He called on the international community to take action against"hate websites which create hatred amongst human beings."

 

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