Boy, nine, recounts deadly shooting at San Diego mosque: ‘We saw a bunch of bad stuff’
Odai Shanah details being among the children forced to huddle in classroom during attack at Islamic Center A nine-year-old boy has described witnessing Mondayâs deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, saying that he âsaw bad stuffâ 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. He recounted being among dozens of children forced to huddle in classrooms when deadly gunfire erupted at the mosque. Odai said he and his classmates were trembling in fear as 12 to 16 more shots rang out after they were quickly ushered into that closet and crowded there together. After the shooting stopped, the boy said, he and his companions heard members of a special tactical police team shouting from outside the classroom, ââOK, open upâ â then they opened the doorâ. But as they were escorted out of the building, âwe saw a bunch of bad stuff, people laying down and yeah, bad stuffâ, Odai said. He acknowledged meaning that he and the other c
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