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Remembering the Afzaals: London marks a community tragedy
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Londoners are coming together Monday to remember the Afzaal family on the first anniversary of a hit-and-run crash that killed four members of the London Muslim family in a collision police allege was deliberate, the family targeted because of their faith. Talat Afzaal, 74, her son Salman Afzaal, 46, his wife Madiha Salman, 44, and their daughter Yumnah, 15, were struck by a vehicle while out for an evening walk near their Hyde Park home on June 6, 2021. The family’s young son, Fayez, now age 10, was the only survivor. Six community events are planned Monday, part of a week-long memorial to the family and call to action against Islamophobia. Read More