Dozens demonstrate at vigil for killed homeless man

Dozens of people upset over the killing of a Montreal homeless man gathered at Bonaventure metro Tuesday.

According to the CBC, they wanted to point the public’s attention towards the situa tion of homeless people in Montreal. It is estimated that there are thirty thousand of them in the city.

The demonstration was organized in the form of a vigil for Farshad Mohammadi.

He was shot dead by an SPVM officer near the turnstiles of the busy metro station on Friday.

Provincial police say Mohammadi attacked one of the two officers with an edged weapon before he was shot.

The officer was injured with cuts to the head, neck and torso.