Community presses for answers after tragedy

By Abdi Mohamed

Contributing Writer

n Monday, June 26, com- munity leaders and family members of the five young women who lost their lives after being struck by a speeding SUV on the night of June 16, came together for a press conference at Dar Al Farooq mosque in

Bloomington. The group called for an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding their deaths and has reached out to the governor to request a special investigator.

The five young women were close friends—some were related—and are described as pillars of their community by those who were close to them. They were Sahra Gesaade, 20,