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Mourners remember ‘happy, beautiful’ young man fatally shot after soccer game
5 minute read Saturday, Jul. 20, 2024A 22-year-old man fatally shot outside a Winnipeg soccer complex a week ago came to Canada with his family as refugees escaping civil war in their native Somalia.
Mohamed Yusuf Abdullahi was remembered as a youth full of promise and a talented soccer player, as dozens of mourners gathered at the homicide scene Saturday for a memorial that carried a message of love, unity and peace.
“He came from Somalia to Winnipeg for a better life,” said Kadar Ahmed, president of Masjid Bilal, also known as the Winnipeg Islamic Centre. “When I talked to the dad, he told me he was running from gun violence, but today that gun violence came to me in front of my door.”
Abdullahi was shot multiple times in what police believe was a targeted attack, after playing for Team Eritrea in a Canada African Cup of Nations match at about 11:30 p.m. on July 13.
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