Thousands attend funeral prayers for San Diego mosque attack victims
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“More than 2,000 people gathered for Islamic funeral prayers in San Diego for three men killed while confronting gunmen at the city’s largest mosque.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that more than 2,000 people gathered in a San Diego park for funeral prayers for the three men killed during the attack at the Islamic Center.
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— 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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— San Diego International Airport (IATA: SAN, ICAO: KSAN, FAA LID: SAN) is the primary international airport serving San Diego and its surrounding metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of California. The…
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— The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States. Established in 1960, it …
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“three men killed while confronting gunmen at the city’s largest mosque”
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Three separate web search results confirm that three men were killed while confronting/defending the Islamic Center of San Diego, which is identified as the largest mosque in San Diego County. This is supported by statements from San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and Police Chief Scott Wahl.
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— San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria. MayorToddGloria. Today, flags at City facilities were lowered to half staff in honor of the three heroic San Diegans we lost yesterday at the Islamic Center of San Diego.3…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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— All three men were shot while trying to delay and distract the two gunmen who barged into the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday, San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/19/community-mourns-3-…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/19/community-mourns-3-…
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— The center is the largest mosque in San Diego County and includes the Al Rashid School, which offers courses in Arabic language, Islamic studies and the Quran for students ages 5 and up, according to …
https://www.ksat.com/news/national/2026/05/18/san-diego-poli…
https://www.ksat.com/news/national/2026/05/18/san-diego-poli…
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