One Dead After Attack on South African Mosque

Three men stormed a mosque in Durban, stabbing two people and slitting the throat of another man who died in hospital. Critics have described the attack on the Imam Hussain Mosque in Ottawa, Verulam on Thursday as a "heinous attack" and "totally unjustified".

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The mosque in Verulam, Durban.

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