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Man killed outside of mosque in fatal shooting

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NEWARK, NJ – On Wednesday morning, Imam Hassan Sharif was fatally wounded in a shooting outside Masjid Muhammad, a mosque in Newark, New Jersey. Sharif was rushed to University Hospital but later succumbed to his injuries. According to Fritz Fragé, Newark’s Public Safety Director, the shooting event occurred shortly after 6 a.m. Law enforcement sources reported that upon arriving on the scene, police found Sharif in the mosque’s parking lot just 10 feet from the …

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Suicide bomber attacks mosque with 150 worshippers inside

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On Monday, a devastating attack occurred at a mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, resulting in the death of 20 individuals and the wounding of up to 96 worshippers. Saddique Khan, a high-ranking police officer from Peshawar, provided the most recent number of casualties. A suicide bomber detonated their vest amidst approximately 150 people who were in the middle of prayer, many of whom were police officers from nearby stations. The blast caused the …

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