Muslims in Winnipeg are shaken and weighing safety precautions after gunmen opened fire at a U.S. mosque Monday, killing three people.

Two teenage gunmen launched the assault inside a San Diego, Calif., mosque before taking their own lives. A note left behind by the killers contained hate speech, police said.

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“A lot of people are worried — fathers and mothers and kids,” said Noris Zeid, a vice-chair of the Manitoba Islamic Association.

Khawja Latif, who regularly attends the Winnipeg Grand Mosque on Waverley Street, worries about the safety of people who come to the place of worship to pray five times a day and for the children who attend school in the building.

He said the safety of the mosque depends largely on the eyes and ears of visitors. The building has security cameras but no full-time security personnel.

In California, one of the victims was Amin Abdullah, a security guard and a father of eight who died protecting the lives of children and staff at a school inside the Islamic Center of San Diego. Officials said the bloodshed could have been worse without his heroic interventions.

Zeid said the Manitoba Islamic Association is working with the........

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