N.S. news: Funeral to be held for Halifax homicide victim [Video]

A funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon in Bedford, N.S., for a 16-year-old boy who died earlier this week following an incident near the Halifax Shopping Centre.

The funeral for Ahmad Al Marrach will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the Kearney Lake Mosque followed by a burial at the Muslim Cemetery on Pockwock Road in Hammonds Plains, according to a social media post by Ummah Masjid And Community Center.

Police say Al Marrach was found injured in the parking lot of the Halifax Shopping Centre just after 5 p.m. Monday and later died in hospital.

The Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service conducted an autopsy on Tuesday and confirmed he was the victim of a homicide.

Halifax Regional Police arrested two youths Monday, who have since been released without charges.

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Police have not released details on how the victim died, but a GoFundMe pageset up for Al Marrach’s family indicates …