ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Canadian citizen shot down by the Canadian PoliceSpecial Investigation Unit.
Canadian-Pakistani, reportedly suffering from schizophrenia, was shot deadby Canadian police in Mississauga on Sunday.
The Special Investigations Unit said that the police were called to anapartment to ‘check on the well-being of a man’.
According to CBC Canada report, the 62-year-old man’s family called policebecause he was not taking his medication.
The report said that the victim’s nephew Muhammed Choudhry told that hisuncle was a ‘harmless man’.
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The publication quoted Peel police Constable Sarah Pattern who alleged thatthe man was in a ‘state of crisis’ and had weapons with him at the house.
When police entered the apartment, they found Ejaz Chaudhry, the deceased,holding a knife. Upon seeing this, police fatally shot him dead.
The Pakistani community in Canada has expressed concern over the incidentwhile police have launched an inquiry into the situation.
