From Deseret News archives:
Bosnia cleric reaches out to Utahns
Message: He offers sympathy to shooter's victims
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TALOVICI, Bosnia The imam over part of eastern Bosnia implores Salt Lake City residents not to judge all Muslims from Bosnia by the actions of Trolley Square shooter Sulejman Talovic.
Shortly after he led the funeral for the teenage shooter, Sulejmanovic asked the Deseret Morning News to convey this message:
The Bosniacs Muslims from Bosnia are a peaceful people whose hearts feel for anyone's suffering, he said, as translated by Sarajevo journalist Nedim Hasic.
The imam also said:
"We are praying and asking them to stay friendly people to the Bosnian people, as they were in the past 50 years. That's what I ask them, and all these people (at the funeral) ask them also, because we don't want anybody to have a wrong impression about us.
"Also, I would ask you to send our condolences to all the victim families, and also to the families of the people who are wounded. And I'm praying God that similar things will never happen again. That's my message."
E-mail: bau@desnews.com
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