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2nd degree murder charge for suspect in South Vancouver stabbing

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 02 May, 2023 12:40 PM
  • 2nd degree murder charge for suspect in South Vancouver stabbing

A suspect has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing of a 19-year-old man outside a South Vancouver nightclub last year.

Vancouver police arrested 25-year-old Mohammed Cortes Torres on Sunday.

Police say Cortes Torres was a Surrey resident at the time of the homicide but more recently stayed on Vancouver Island.

Naseb Fazil was killed last May following a confrontation outside the Gallery nightclub.

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