Muslims among those raising funds as solidarity soars, but fears simmer over planned 'anti-Sharia' march after attack.
Various groups have raised almost one million dollars for the victims of Friday's attack [Screenshot from Muslims Unite for Portland Heroes]
Muslims in Portland thanked the community for its support as they raised money for the victims of a deadly attack on a train by an Islamophobic white supremacist.
On Friday, Jeremy Joseph Christian - a 35-year-old who was known to authorities - fatally slit the throats of 53-year-old Ricky John Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, 23, after they stepped in to defend two girls Christian was bullying.
One of the girls is Muslim and was wearing the hijab.
A third victim, 21-year-old Micah David-Cole Fletcher, was also stabbed in the attack.
Fletcher - who in 2013 performed a poem condemning Islamophobia - is in serious condition in hospital, but expected to survive.
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