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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Father of Ilhan Omar dies of COVID-19
The father of US Rep. Ilhan Omar has died of the coronavirus, her office says.
Nur Omar Mohamed, 67 died Monday, according to Buzzfeed news.
“No words can describe what he means to me and all who knew him,” Omar says in a statement.
Mohamed brought Ilhan and the rest of his family from Somalia to the US in 1996.
إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
Surely we belong to God and to him shall we return.
It is with tremendous sadness and pain to say goodbye to my father, Nur Omar Mohamed. No words can describe what he meant to me and all who knew and loved him. pic.twitter.com/gb7q0gMXG2
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 16, 2020
