Lankan teen murdered in Toronto
Walter Jayawardhana
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Akila
Badhanage
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TORONTO: A former student of D. S. Senanayaka College, Colombo, Akila
Badhanage, 16, who migrated to Canada with his parents five years ago
has been murdered in Toronto, last Friday, sources close to his family
said.
The Toronto Police made repeated announcements over the City TV
appealing to possible eyewitnesses to identify a gang of teenage
murderers who committed the crime.
A bright student who obtained straight As at the North Park Secondary
School of Brampton Toronto, Akila was scheduled to attend a university
fair at the Toronto Convention Center soon to select a university and
pursue his higher studies.
A gang of black teenagers are suspected of attempting a robbery on
the teen to snatch his cellular phone before being stabbed to death by
the gang who were high on drugs, sources close to the family said.
But the Toronto police in their bulletin called it “a random act of
violence” and said the Peel Regional Police has said they were unable to
find a motive of the attack.
The crime had taken place near Dixie Road and Howden Boulevard in
Brampton.
According to police Akila, “a nice young man and model student” was
stabbed while being swarmed by a group of four or five teens on Lord
Simcoe Drive in the same city. Police said Akila was pronounced dead at
hospital and he was on his way from school to his part time job when he
was attacked.
Police said they were looking for four or five black males who may
have been running from the scene. Police said anyone having information
on this attack has been asked to call police at 905-453-2121 ext 3205 or
Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS-/8477.
Son of Nihal and Indra Badhanage, Akila was the eldest brother of two
other siblings and a native of Ratnapura.
According to family sources he had run after being stabbed
complaining difficulty of breathing and fallen close to a bus halt
bleeding.
He was employed by the Tim Horton Coffee Shop. Police has found a
suspected murder weapon in a backyard of a house close by.
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