A 20-year-old Indian student, Shivank Avasthi was shot dead near the University of Toronto’s Scarborough Campus, with the police seeking the public’s help to arrest the accused.
Shivank Avasthi, a doctoral student, was found with a gunshot wound on Tuesday at Highland Creek Trail and Old Kingston Road area in what the police said was Toronto’s 41st homicide case this year. “On Tuesday, at approximately 3:34 pm, police responded to a call for an unknown trouble in the Highland Creek Trail and Old Kingston Road area. Officers responded to reports of a person with serious injuries. Officers located a male victim with a gunshot wound. The victim was pronounced deceased on scene,” the police said in an official statement on Wednesday.
The Consulate General of India in Canada’s Toronto on Thursday (local time) expressed anguish over the killing of an Indian student in a shooting incident near the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. “We express deep anguish over the tragic death of a young Indian doctoral student, Mr Shivank Avasthi, in a fatal shooting incident near the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. The Consulate is in touch with the bereaved family during this difficult time, and is extending all necessary assistance in close coordination with the local authorities,” the Consulate General said in a statement on X.
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