Posted on 03/20/2022 12:10:40 AM PDT by blueplum
Worshippers at a Canada mosque have confronted and restrained a man who was allegedly wielding an axe and attacked them with bear spray during Saturday morning prayers, police say.
One worshipper knocked the axe from the man's hands, and held him down until police arrived, local media reports...
...Police have named the man they arrested as Mohammad Moiz Omar, and charged him with six offences including assault with a weapon and administering a noxious substance ...Following initial uncertainty over a possible motive, investigators now say they believe the attack was a "hate-motivated incident."...
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
If they aren’t bears, what did they have to worry about?
Sunnis vs Shiites?
Usually.
.Muslim on Muslim! Sounds like Iraq, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Yemen, etc.
same-sect hate crime?
While Mohammad Moiz Omar’s grandparents were likely Muslim, perhaps he was raised Quaker? That would explain the reluctance to use firearms.
We must ban all attack axes
I am shocked and shook
Mohammid was such a good, nice, boy......
Was someone kneeling on his rug ?
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