Communities across Ontario will be marching and holding vigils to commemorate the lives of a Muslim family killed in what police and prosecutors are calling a hate-motivated attack nearly a year ago in London, Ont.
"To lose three generations of our family was a catastrophe, but our community came together and has provided us with hope and strength. It is with this strength we have been able to continue forward," the statement reads.
"We're remembering the Afzaal family but also, we want people to come out to show support that Islamophobia is real and this attack needs to be condemned," said Patel. Yumna Afzaal, 15, Madiha Salman, 44, Talat Afzaal, 74, and Salman Afzaal, 46, left to right, were out for an evening walk Sunday when they were run over by a truck in what police say was an attack motivated by anti-Muslim hate.
The group, along with the National Council for Canadian Muslims, will be going to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Jun. 6 to ask for further progress on the federal government's National Action Plan on Combating Hate. The two groups also want more movement on the policy recommendations they released following the London attack.
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