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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Boy, nine, recounts deadly shooting at San Diego mosque: ‘We saw a bunch of bad stuff’

People embrace near the scene of a shooting
People embrace near the scene of a shooting outside the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday. Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP

A nine-year-old boy has described witnessing Monday’s deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, saying that he “saw bad stuff” and huddled in a closet during the attack.

Odai Shanah, whose mother emigrated from Gaza and settled in southern California two decades ago, told Reuters that he heard a barrage of gunshots coming from outside the walls of the mosque complex, which also houses an Islamic day school.

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