Now, This is Bravery in the Real Sense of the Word

Portia Walton runs for the safety of Kenya mall hero Abdul Haji. The Waltons have now shared their harrowing tale, giving backstory to this now-iconic photo

  

A Somali Muslim has been hailed a hero after rescuing a mother and her three daughters from the Nairobi shopping mall as gunmen threw grenades and sprayed bullets yards away.

 

Katherine Walton feared she and her children would not get out alive after becoming trapped under a table outside a supermarket in the Westgate complex.

 

But they were saved by Abdul Haji, the son of a former Kenyan security minister, who bravely ushered them to safety as he fired back at the terrorists with a handgun.

 

His identity has now been revealed after his story was immortalised in an iconic photograph which shows him reaching out to Mrs Walton's four-year-old daughter Portia as she runs away with fear etched on her face.

 

 
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Thanks Abdul Haji for being different like many others would be in such a situation.  You've proven that true muslims don't support the killing of innocent people in the name of religion.  May Allah reward your selflessness and your deed of kindness with his bountiful blessings.

Culled from:  www.dailymail.co.uk