A London, Ont., imam and advocates for Canada's Muslim communities expressed their grief and called for concrete action following a deadly hit and run on Sunday that police say was a "premeditated" attack on a Muslim family of five. 9:25Omar Khamissa, manager of community engagement at the National Council of Canadian Muslims, called the incident "unfathomable" and "an immense tragedy." "Our hearts are broken, our minds are numb," Khamissa told CBC News Network's Andrew Nichols. Human rights advocate Amira Elghawaby said, for the Canadian Muslim community, it's "absolutely shattering to go through this again," referencing the Quebec City mosque shooting in 2017 and the attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019. 5:36El-Kassem also shared a message that he and three other local imams sent out to the London community.

Source: CBC News June 07, 2021 23:24 UTC