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Calgary Imam Syed Soharwardy and RCMP

funeral: Police were still seeking a suspect or suspects and the four victims were taken to hospital — driven there by others at the funeral — with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Toronto Star. Calgary Imam Syed Soharwardy said he spoke with two people who attended the funeral and they suspect the shooting was gang-related. It happened at a Muslim cemetery in the countryside near Cochrane, Alta., but by evening RCMP determined it was not a random attack and was not racially motivated. It did not seem to be a hate crime, Soharwardy said. RCMP Cpl. It looks like it was a turf war or gang war or some type of revenge. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.