ISLAMABAD – Reports suggest that one man has died, while two were leftfighting for their lives after three knife-wielding attackers entered amosque in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal and carried out a gruesome attack beforesetting the building alight on Thursday afternoon.

According to *News24*, the victims, including the mosque’s Moulana’sthroats were slit and were in a critical condition as they were attended toby paramedics on the scene.

Photos posted by security company, Reactionary Unit South Africa (Rusa), ontheir Facebook page show the bloody scene, in the aftermath of the attackat the Imam Hussain Mosque in Old Main Road in Ottawa, Durban.

“The suspects have fled in a white Hyundai Getz. Rusa is requesting thepublic’s assistance in apprehending these suspects. Paramedics or doctorswho can assist can report to the scene,” Rusa said in a statement.

A third victim was found inside the mosque, bleeding profusely from theneck, with a knife on the ground next to him.

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The perpetrators are believed to be Egyptian nationals, and carried knives,which they used to attack multiple victims in the mosque.

According to IPSS Medical Rescue paramedic Paul Herbst, who is quoted by*TimesLive, *the critically injured men were quickly rushed to nearbyhospitals.

“As per reports from scene‚ three males entered the mosque shouting‚screaming… just started stabbing people‚ threw some sort of device orpetrol bomb into the mosque and ran away‚” he said.

Police, as well as the Ethekweni Fire Department, were dispatched to thescene soon after the attack, which comes just a few days before the startof the Islamic holy month of Ramadaan.