Paterson officials are promising to keep the Muslim community safe after an imam was stabbed during a Ramadan prayer service. JohnBDias has reaction as congregants return.
"Imam Elnakib also wants to remind our community that he believes this is an isolated incident, he believes that the mosque is safe for every individual to come and practice their faith," said Abdul Hamden, a spokesperson for the mosque.Within hours of the stabbing inside the Omar Mosque, devoted congregants returned to prayer services.
"Nobody was expecting that to happen," the man said."I saw the blood coming from his back, I tried to help out and I told people you should call 911.""They're heroes, they really are," said Hamden."Probably more than half of the congregants pursued this individual and, not withstanding him wielding two knives, they were still fearless and were able to bring him down, hold him, apprehend him until local authorities showed up.
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