DAR AL HARB - U.S.A. - UTAH: OHH OHHH, THE BOSNIANS NOW FEAR A 'BACKLASH' BECAUSE OF SULEJMAN TALOVIC AND HIS MALL JIHAD

After Utah mall deaths, Bosnians fear backlash

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah: Most of the thousands of Bosnians living in the Salt Lake City area are refugees of war and all of them have been toughened by the experience of making new lives in a new country.

Now, state and local officials say, the rage and grief after an 18-year-old Bosnian immigrant killed five people in a shopping mall here Monday threaten a backlash, and the officials announced plans Wednesday for outreach meetings and candlelight vigils to head off trouble and help the city heal.

"We're concerned and we're trying to take proactive steps to keep this from becoming an issue," said Patrick Thronson, a spokesman for Mayor Rocky Anderson.

Ljubica Roth, president of the Utah Consortium of Multicultural Groups, which works with refugees and immigrants, said, "We are all stressed."

Roth said she had received six reports Wednesday of Bosnians in Salt Lake City being accosted verbally — mostly about how they got into the United States or whether they intended to commit violence. "Many people didn't go to work today because they were worried about it."

...


Pertinent Links:

1) After Utah mall deaths, Bosnians fear backlash