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Evening Prayers: Men and Khaled Belkacemi

evening prayers: They were men who came together to pray, to celebrate peace, according to National Observer. Let's not forget it. ; His father, Khaled Belkacemi, was one of six men who died when a gunman fired into the Islamic cultural centre during evening prayers. These men who fell last Jan. 29, my father among others, were good and loving men, pillars in their communities, he told the crowd on the one-year anniversary of the tragedy. On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard were among the large number of people who gathered near the mosque to mark the anniversary of the tragedy. Those men were Mamadou Tanou Barry, 42, Abdelkrim Hassane, 41, Belkacemi, 60, Aboubaker Thabti, 44, Azzeddine Soufiane, 57, and Ibrahima Barry, 39. The vigil began with the reading of the victims' names and the number of children they had. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.