وليد وريما: عرب سقطوا في مجزرة فرجينيا

لا شك انكم تابعتم الفاجعة التي حلت بالجامعة الامريكية في فرجينيا. لكن ما لا يعرفه الكثيرون هو سقوط اثنين من طلبتنا العرب في الولايات المتحدة في هذه المجزرة و هما ريما و وليد اللذان كان يعرفهما الكثير من التونسيين في الجامعة. و أدعوكم هنا الى متابعة شهادة زميل وليد الذي يريد ان يقدم له تحية أخيرة و يشكره على انقاذه لحياته

Assalamu alaikum everyone,

I would like to share with you some additional information that I received from a colleague in the CEE Dept. This colleague of mine is the supervisor of a graduate student who was with Waleed in the class and survived the massacre. I should mention that the description is graphical so I apologize in advance.

The student mentions that Waleed saved his life and wants to convey this to Waleed's family. Apparently, the murderer came into Norris 206 and shot Dr. Loganathan and a number of students injuring Waleed. Waleed was sitting in the front row where he always sat. Everyone jumped to the floor after hearing the gun shots including the person narrating the story. The murderer then left Norris 206 to go to another classroom. The student that narrates the story was not shot but pretended to be dead and lay on the ground beside Waleed who at that time was only injured. The muderer then re-entered the classroom and was checking for alive victims. He had approached the person narrating the story who mentions that his heart was pounding out of fear. Waleed at that instant made a movement to distract the murderer's attention and was shot for the second time. At that time Waleed died and the murderer left the narrator to search for other victims. Ina Lillahi wa ina Ilayhi rajeoon. We ask Allah to forgive Waleed all his sins and grant him paradise.

Wassalam,

وليد كان عمره 32 سنة و متزوج وله طفل؛ كان يحضّر للدكتوراه في الهندسة المدنية؛ وريما كان عمرها 18 سنة و كانت في السنة الاولى. رحمهما الله
هذا الخبر ورد اليوم في مدونة زيزو من جربة