{"id":3214,"date":"2022-03-20T03:01:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T03:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/world-news\/3214\/"},"modified":"2022-03-20T03:01:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T03:01:04","slug":"canada-mosque-worshippers-stop-axe-wielding-attacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/world-news\/3214\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada mosque: Worshippers stop axe wielding attacker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div >\n<p ><b >Worshipers at a Canadian mosque confronted and restrained an axe-wielding man who attacked them with bear spray during Saturday morning prayers, police say.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >A faithful took the ax from the man&#8217;s hands and held him until the police arrived, local media report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >A 24-year-old man was arrested at the scene in suburban Mississauga and has since been charged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Some worshipers suffered minor injuries from the bear spray, the mosque&#8217;s imam said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >One worshiper called the experience &#8220;terrifying&#8221; and described hearing a scream before turning around to see a man holding an ax and using bear spray, similar to pepper spray, on three people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;By the time I was spraying, the people in the front row realized something was up and one of the young men turned around and dropped the ax before I had a chance to use it,&#8221; Noorani Sairally told Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The young man then held the alleged assailant until police arrived, the witness said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;Before he could cause harm to worshipers, several parishioners bravely were able to stop him,&#8221; the imam said, describing the moment the attacker entered the site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;Our community will never be broken and we refuse to be bullied,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Police named the man they arrested as Mohammad Moiz Omar and charged him with six crimes including assault with a weapon and administration of a noxious substance with the intent to endanger life or cause bodily harm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >After initial uncertainty about a possible motive, investigators now say they believe the attack was a &#8220;hate-motivated incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was one of several high-profile Canadian public figures to condemn the attack, calling it &#8220;incredibly disturbing&#8221; and applauding the courage of worshipers at the mosque.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Canada&#8217;s Muslim community has been the target of a series of deadly attacks, including in 2017 when a shooting at a Quebec City mosque killed six people and injured eight others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >And last year, four members of the same Muslim family were killed after they were hit by a vehicle in London, Ontario, in what police described as a deliberate Islamophobic attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-60810468?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worshipers at a Canadian mosque confronted and restrained an axe-wielding man who attacked them with bear spray during Saturday morning prayers, police say. 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