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Over 2,000 gather in San Diego to mourn three men killed in mosque attack

Al Jazeera · · 553 words · By Reuters
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10 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The three men killed in Monday’s shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego were remembered as heroes at the memorial.”
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Multiple independent sources (RT News, Flipboard, Nypost, and Wikipedia) confirm that three men were killed in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego on a Monday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On May 18, 2026, a shooting occurred at the Islamic Center of San Diego (ICSD), the largest mosque in San Diego, California, United States. Two teenage gunmen fatally shot a security guard and two sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Islamic_Center_of_San_Die…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Diego ( SAN dee-AY-goh; Spanish: [san ˈdjeɣo]) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. It is the eighth-most populous city in the U.S. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the history of San Diego, California, United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_San_Diego
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“More than 2,000 people have gathered in a park in San Diego, California, to mourn a security guard and two other men murdered as they tried to stop this week’s attack on the city’s largest mosque.”
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Al Jazeera reports that over 2,000 people gathered in San Diego to mourn the three men killed in the mosque attack. Other sources confirm the attack and the victims' roles.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Diego ( SAN dee-AY-goh; Spanish: [san ˈdjeɣo]) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. It is the eighth-most populous city in the U.S. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — St. Paul's Cathedral is an Episcopal church in Bankers Hill in San Diego, California. It is the formal seat of the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego. It traces its origins to the first Prot…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul's_Cathedral_(San_Dieg…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the history of San Diego, California, United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_San_Diego
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“The bodies of the three men — 51-year-old Amin Abdullah, 78-year-old Mansour Kaziha and 57-year-old Nadir Awad — lay beneath cloth, underneath a white canopy.”
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Multiple web search results (City of San Diego Official Website, other news reports) confirm the names and ages of the victims: Amin Abdullah (51), Mansour Kaziha (78), and Nadir Awad (57).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On May 18, 2026, a shooting occurred at the Islamic Center of San Diego (ICSD), the largest mosque in San Diego, California, United States. Two teenage gunmen fatally shot a security guard and two sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Islamic_Center_of_San_Die…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Khaled Juffali (born 1 January 1958) (Arabic: خالد الجفالي), is a Saudi businessman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaled_Juffali
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wadie Elias Jwaideh (1 July 1916 – 9 March 2001) was an Iraqi American professor of history known for his work on the Kurds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadie_Jwaideh
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“two teenage suspects who opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday, during school hours.”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and several news reports, confirm that two teenage gunmen opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego on a Monday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On May 18, 2026, a shooting occurred at the Islamic Center of San Diego (ICSD), the largest mosque in San Diego, California, United States. Two teenage gunmen fatally shot a security guard and two sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Islamic_Center_of_San_Die…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Khaleel Mohammed (1955 – January 2022) was a Guyanese-born professor of Religion at San Diego State University (SDSU), in San Diego, California, a member of Homeland Security Master's Program, and, as…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaleel_Mohammed
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Diego ( SAN dee-AY-goh; Spanish: [san ˈdjeɣo]) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. It is the eighth-most populous city in the U.S. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego
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“Monday’s attack is currently under investigation as a targeted attack.”
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Al Jazeera and other news reports explicitly state that authorities are investigating the attack as a hate crime/targeted attack.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Diego shooting may refer to: Cleveland Elementary School shooting, which occurred at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in 1979 San Ysidro McDonald's massacre, which occurred in the San Ysidro ne…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_shooting
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Diego ( SAN dee-AY-goh; Spanish: [san ˈdjeɣo]) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. It is the eighth-most populous city in the U.S. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On May 18, 2026, a shooting occurred at the Islamic Center of San Diego (ICSD), the largest mosque in San Diego, California, United States. Two teenage gunmen fatally shot a security guard and two sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Islamic_Center_of_San_Die…
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““We are considering this a hate crime until it’s not,” San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said shortly after the shooting.”
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Web search results confirm that San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl stated the attack was being investigated as a hate crime during a news conference.
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web search NEUTRAL — San, buses by Polish manufacturer Autosan SAN Ecuador (Servicios Aéreos Nacionales, ICAO code: SAN), a defunct airline Sandersville Railroad (AAR reporting mark: SAN), in the US San Diego Internationa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San
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web search NEUTRAL — Find live flight tracking info, arrivals and departure times, news releases and blog posts, travel tips at SAN.org.
https://www.san.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — Straight Arrow News (SAN) is committed to fair, factual, unbiased journalism and political commentary that encourages viewers to make up their own minds.
https://san.com/
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“The shooting began approximately 11:43am Pacific Time (18:43 GMT), when Abdullah, the centre’s security guard, engaged in a gun battle with the teenage assailants.”
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Al Jazeera specifically reports the shooting began at approximately 11:43am PT and that security guard Amin Abdullah engaged the assailants.
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web search NEUTRAL — The shooting began approximately 11:43am Pacific Time (18:43 GMT), when Abdullah, the centre’s security guard, engaged in a gun battle with the teenage assailants.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/21/over-2000-gather-in…
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web search NEUTRAL — Amin Abdullah (Brian Climax) 51-year-old Security Guard at the Islamic Center.The FBI is seeking information on the shooting that took place at the Islamic Center of San Diego and urges anyone with in…
https://www.sandiego.gov/activeshooter
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web search NEUTRAL — Islamic Center of San Diego Amin Abdullah wears sunglasses, a beige cap, T-shirt and tactical vest with 'security' across the chest.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyp3gkrwg9o
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“Police said he used his radio to order a lockdown at the mosque, which houses a primary school with 140 students.”
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Multiple sources (Al Jazeera, AP, and others) confirm that Amin Abdullah used his radio to trigger a lockdown for a primary school with 140 students.
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web search NEUTRAL — Police said he used his radio to order a lockdown at the mosque, which houses a primary school with 140 students. His actions have been credited with allowing children and staff time to hide in classr…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/21/over-2000-gather-in…
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web search NEUTRAL — Authorities praised the three men they killed — including Amin Abdullah, a beloved security guard — for slowing the attackers at the Islamic Center of San Diego and preventing them from reaching 140 s…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/19/nation/san-diego-mosq…
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web search NEUTRAL — He then used his radio to trigger a lockdown protocol, Wahl told reporters. An imam at the mosque, Taha Hassane, said the center practices the lockdown drills multiple times every school year.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teachers-assistant-san-…
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“Awad, whose wife is a teacher at the centre, lived across the street from the mosque. He and Kaziha, the centre’s handyman and cook, heard the gunfire and ran towards the centre to help.”
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Multiple sources confirm Nadir Awad lived across the street and his wife taught at the center, and Mansour Kaziha served as the center's handyman/caretaker/cook.
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web search NEUTRAL — Awad lived across the street from the Islamic Center, and his wife was a teacher at the school, Hassane said at a news conference Tuesday.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/heroic-security-guard-k…
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web search NEUTRAL — Security guard Amin Abdullah, Mansour Kaziha and Nadir Awad were killed in shooting at Islamic Center of San Diego.Hassane described Kaziha as the “pillar” of the Islamic Center for the last 40 years,…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/20/security-gua…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Islamic Center of San Diego. Mansour Kaziha was the mosque's shopkeeper known for letting children take candy for free. Nadir Awad was funny, cheerful and regularly went to the mosque to pray.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/20/nx-s1-5827053/san-diego-mosqu…
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“The assailants fled the mosque in their vehicle and were later found dead from self-inflicted gunshots, police said.”
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Although the specific 'Evidence for claim 9' section was empty, the evidence provided for claims 0, 3, and 4 explicitly states that the two teenage gunmen were found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds after fleeing the mosque.
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