Five people have died in an attack against an Islamic school in San Diego (United States). As the Onda Cero correspondent confirmed, everything seems like “an attack of hate and revenge against the Muslim community of San Diego.”
The perpetrators of the massacre are “two boys aged 17 and 19”, who killed three employees of an Islamic school in the city in the afternoon. Later, the two minors committed suicide. The mosque, located in the Clairemont neighborhood, is the largest in the county and a meeting point for the local community.
As for the three dead, they are “a security guard and two staff members” who “protected with their lives the dozens of small children who were in class and who had to leave escorted by the police,” according to Alcalá. An image that is repeated too often in American schools.
San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl explained that the bodies of both young people have been found in a vehicle near the mosque.
It is investigated from the perspective of hate crime
At the moment, the investigation that will require “a lot of work in the coming days and weeks” is open. At the moment, the tragic event is being analyzed from the perspective of a hate crime. “I reiterate my condolences to the victims, their families and the Muslim community,” Wahl added.
San Diego police have deployed a strong operation at the Islamic Center of San Diego around 12:00 local time (20:00 GMT) after obtaining knowledge of the presence of an “active shooter” in the area. This attack comes amid a recent rise in violence against the Muslim community and places of worship in the United States.
Trump calls the attack “terrible”
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has described the shooting at a mosque in San Diego (California) as “terrible.” “They are going to offer a briefing and it is a terrible situation,” said Trump, referring to the press conference he plans to give about the event, FBI Director Kash Patel.
“I have received some preliminary updates, but we will examine the matter very carefully,” the president added when asked about the attack during an event at the White House.
