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The Abdirahman Abdi inquest is being livestreamed during the day here.

It’s not clear exactly when Abdirahman Abdi’s heart stopped beating on July 24, 2016.

But here’s what the ongoing coroner’s inquest into his death has pieced together about his final moments:

Abdi was a Somali-Canadian man struggling with his mental health.

After the 38-year-old groped several women in Ottawa’s Hintonburg neighbourhood that morning — in what one expert psychiatrist has suggested was a schizophrenic episode affecting Abdi’s perception of reality — he resisted being handcuffed and fled police.

Things culminated in a struggle in front of Abdi’s apartment building where Const. Daniel Montsion punched Abdi in the head several times as he and former constable David Weir tried to handcuff him.

Abdirahman Abdi, 38, was a Somali-Canadian with mental health issues. (Abdi family)

The punches worked to distract Abdi. He was cuffed and, within minutes, his body went slack.

Montsion and Weir called paramedics at 9:48 a.m., with …

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