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Man wanted for fatal shootings in Edmonton and Lethbridge arrested in Regina

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WATCH ABOVE (Feb. 9, 2020): A 32-year-old man was found dead in north Edmonton after police responded to a weapons complaint. Sarah Komadina has more – Feb 9, 2020

A 29-year-old man has been arrested by police in Regina after being wanted on two Canada-wide warrants in connection with two shooting deaths in Alberta last month.

Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe was arrested at a residence in Regina on Friday, during an unrelated drug search warrant.

Dhiblawe, a Toronto resident, has been charged with second-degree murder in the Feb. 8 death of 32-year-old Mohamed Makaran in Edmonton. He was also wanted for a Feb. 6 death of an unidentified 35-year-old man in Lethbridge.

According to police, in the Edmonton incident, Makaran was shot and killed in an apartment suite on McConachie Boulevard in northeast Edmonton. Police were called to a weapon complaint at the northeast Edmonton home on Feb. 8 where they found Makaran dead.

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In the Lethbridge incident, the 35-year-old victim was found dead inside a home on University Drive. Police said they believe he was targeted and the two were known to one another.

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Edmonton police had previously said investigators do not believe the two homicides were linked and both incidents “do not appear to be random.”

A Canada-wide warrant for Dihblawe’s arrest was issued by Edmonton police on Feb. 10 and by Lethbridge police on Feb. 11.

29-year-old Mohamud Dhiblawe of Toronto was arrested in Regina for second-degree murder charges, during an unrelated drug search warrant. Supplied by EPS

 

Dhiblawe will be transported to Edmonton later next week, police said.

WATCH (Feb. 7, 2020): Lethbridge police are investigating an apparent homicide, following reports of a shooting at a west side home where the body of a 35-year-old man was discovered on Thursday night. Demi Knight reports.

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Lethbridge police investigate apparent homicide at a west side home

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