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LONDON, ONT. Grieving, angry, and demanding action to end Islamophobia, thousands gathered Thursday evening outside the London Muslim Mosque. Londoners filled Oxford Street between Pratt Lane and Rathowen Street to offer support and sympathy 48 hours after the driver of a pick-up truck killed four members of a family, and seriously injured a 9-year old boy. Police have say the family was targeted because they were Muslim. Hugging and comforting each other, classmates of 15-year-old Yumna Salman held signs that read ‘Hate Killed My Friend’. Huda Sallam was pleased to see so many Londoners attending the vigil, “It is so many important for people who are not Muslim to show up and show support towards Yumna.”