‘We are broken beyond words’: Muslim community mourns death of local pediatrician

By KIRO 7 News Staff November 02, 2023 at 7:00 pm PDT

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash. — “We are coping. That’s the only word that I can say. we are devastated,” said Wajahat Nyaz, Dr. Talat Khan’s older brother.

He said those words just before he said his final goodbye to his beloved sister at the Umar Al-Farooq Mosque. The pediatrician and mother of two was killed last Saturday in the Houston area. She just moved there in July.

“We are devastated. we are broken beyond words,” said Nyaz. “The nature of the crime was heinous. It is very difficult for us to digest what has happened. We can’t make sense of it. The kids are traumatized.”