Two funeral ceremonies had been held Wednesday in Montreal to pay tribute to the police officer and the citizen who had been killed Monday within the capturing within the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood.
Household and group members gathered as we speak to mourn Michel Moshe Mizrahi, the 68-year-old bystander killed in capturing in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges district.
Monday’s capturing left three individuals lifeless, together with Montreal police officer Mohamed Lamine Benredouane, Mizrahi, and the suspect.
In the course of the gathering, his son, Shlomi Mizrahi, advised mourners his father was his finest pal and “died a hero.”Shlomi Mizrahi remembers his father, Michel Mizrahi, throughout a funeral in Montreal after the 68-year-old was killed throughout a lethal capturing within the Côte-des-Neiges district. (June 24, 2026)
Audio system stated Mizrahi spent his ultimate moments warning individuals to flee the gunfire.
Jewish group chief Rabbi Mendel Raskin described him as a beneficiant man who was at all times prepared to assist others.
Organizers stated Mizrahi will probably be buried in Israel, the place his household can even sit shiva, the standard Jewish ritual of mourning. The 68-year-old, a well known member of Montreal’s Jewish group, was reportedly within the fallacious place on the fallacious time throughout Monday’s occasions.
His obituary emphasizes that he will probably be remembered for his “immense generosity, his pleasure of life and the various methods by which he helped make the lives of others higher.”
This night, a funeral prayer (Salat Al-Janaza) will probably be held in reminiscence of Officer Mohamed Lamine Benredouane. He handed away on the age of 34, having joined the Montreal Police Service (SPVM) in 2021.
In an announcement, the police drive praised “his sense of obligation, his dedication and his professionalism”.
These two ceremonies came about two days after the tragic occasions by which a gunman opened fireplace within the Côte-des-Neiges district.
Along with the 2 victims, a policewoman was additionally critically injured, however her situation has reportedly stabilized within the hospital.
The suspected gunman, recognized as Seth Scott Hatfield, was shot lifeless by police. In keeping with a number of media studies, the 25-year-old suspect, from Lethbridge, Alberta, had written a manifesto earlier than finishing up the assault.
The prison investigation is now within the arms of the Sûreté du Québec, whereas the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes is wanting into the intervention of the SPVM officers.
Moreover, the Nationwide Vacation celebrations that had been to happen within the Côte-des-Neiges district on Wednesday have been cancelled, because the group stays in shock after the capturing.
On social media, the Côte-des-Neiges Enterprise Improvement Company defined that the choice to cancel the festivities was made “in an effort to respect its group and never generate a gathering”.
“Our ideas are with the victims, their family members, and all these affected by this tragedy that has shaken our neighbourhood,” wrote the Enterprise Improvement Company, referring to a “troublesome” determination.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
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