Funeral to be held in the Halifax area for 16-year-old homicide victim from Syria

CITYnews halifax / By The Canadian Press

HALIFAX — A Muslim funeral was to be held today for a 16-year-old Halifax boy who police describe as the victim of a homicide.

The Ummah Mosque in Halifax posted a message on its website today saying the service for Ahmad Maher Al Marrach, who was found badly injured in a parking garage on Monday, would be held at a mosque in suburban Bedford.

Police say the injured boy was found next to the Halifax Shopping Centre on Mumford Road around 5 p.m., and he died later in hospital.

At around 5:20 p.m., two youths were arrested aboard a Halifax Transit bus near North Street, but they were released Tuesday without charges.

Halifax Regional Police say they believe the killing was not a random act, but few other details were released, including the cause of death.

Meanwhile an online fundraising campaign has been started to provide help to the boy’s family, who it says arrived in Canada after fleeing the war in Syria.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 24, 2024.