Calgary Imam Syed Soharwardy and Suspects

funeral: A suspect or suspects were still being sought and the four victims were taken to hospital — driven there by others at the funeral — with non-life-threatening injuries, according to The Chronicle Herald. Calgary Imam Syed Soharwardy said he spoke with two people who attended the funeral and they suspect the shooting was gang-related. "It did not seem to be a hate crime," Soharwardy said. "It looks like it was a turf war or gang war or some type of revenge." RCMP Cpl. 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. Sharon Franks said the victims are all expected to recover and are co-operating with investigators. He said many young people from different ethnic groups showed up at the funeral and one group even stayed outside the cemetery fence. "People were quite suspicious because they had never seen so many young people attending a funeral," said Soharwardy. "So after the burial, they just left." The shooting happened moments later. She said police don't know yet if the crime was gang-related and noted the victims were all of the same race. "We do not believe that this is random incident," Franks said. "It appears that there were friends and family gathering for a funeral at this cemetery when an altercation broke out that ended with a gun fight. "Obviously they were there to mourn a friend and a family member and this is one of those things that is hard to understand." The funeral was for a 21-year-old Pakistani man named Hamza Nazir, said Soharwardy, adding he knows the young man family but did not know how he died. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.