Authorities at the Islamic Center of San Diego confirmed the identities of two men killed in a shooting incident at the mosque on Monday. This came a day after friends and family identified Amin Abdullah as the security guard who was killed while trying to prevent suspected attackers from entering the mosque complex. Mosque authorities told Al Jazeera the other two victims also played a role in responding to the gunmen.“We call them our brothers in the community. We call them our martyrs and our heroes,” said the mosque’s imam, Taha Hassane.Two teenage attackers opened fire at the San Diego mosque while police officers were already looking for one of the attackers after his mother alerted the police, concerned that her son was suicidal and had run away, the police chief said. The suspected gunmen were later found dead of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Police have been investigating the attack as a hate crime.Here is a look at the victims of the attack:Mansour KazihaKaziha, 78, also known as Abu Ezz, was a longtime employee of the mosque who had called the police before he was killed, the chairman of the mosque’s board of directors, Ahmed Shabaik, told Al Jazeera. He added that, originally from Syria, Kaziha was married with five adult children. “He was a cornerstone, a pillar of this masjid.”Shabaik said Kaziha had been with the mosque since its construction in the 1980s.“He does everything in the mosque, all the everyday demands. He also ran the gift shop inside the mosque and was …
