MINNEAPOLIS — Five young women had just left Karmel Mall after getting henna applied for a friend's wedding when they were struck and killed Friday night in south Minneapolis by a speeding motorist who authorities say ran a red light on Lake Street.
Community leaders identified the victims as Sabiriin Ali, Sahra Gesaade, Salma Abdikadir, Sagal Hersi and Siham Adam. Three of the women are cousins, one is an extended relative and another is a friend.
Sabiriin, 17, had just graduated from Edina High School and was planning to attend the University of Minnesota, where she aspired to study medicine. Gesaade, 20, was a third-year student at the UM's Rochester campus; Abdikadir, 20, was a sophomore at Normandale Community College; Adam, 19, attended UM; and Hersi, 19, attended MCTC.
