TORONTO – Several hundred mourners have said goodbye to a man who was killed outside a Toronto mosque where he volunteered.
Family and friends of Mohamed-Aslim Zafis say he was a gentle man who spent much of his time helping out the underprivileged.
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They also say they hope police will find the 58-year-old’s killer quickly.
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Police say Zafis was killed by an unknown suspect while he sat outside the mosque as he controlled entry to the building in order to comply with public health protocols.
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Police say there are many similarities between Zafis’s homicide and a nearby killing five days earlier.
The International Muslim Organization of Toronto says it will not be intimidated by the violence and the mosque will remain open.
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