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20-year-old Indian shot dead in Toronto
The shooting allegedly took place Tuesday, with the Toronto Police identifying the victim as Shivank Avasthi. In New Delhi, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India has been in touch with the local authorities in Canada.
The suspects had fled before police arrived, and no arrests had been made as of December 26; and no suspect description has been released. Avasthi was a student at UTSC, reportedly in his third year of life sciences.
A 20-year-old Indian doctoral student was found shot dead near the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus (UTSC) in Canada, less than a week after a 30-year-old Indian woman was found dead at her residence, also in Toronto, shaking the diaspora while reigniting concerns about the safety of international students.
The shooting allegedly took place Tuesday, with the Toronto Police identifying the victim as Shivank Avasthi. In New Delhi, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India has been in touch with the local authorities in Canada. “We are in touch with his family. It’s very unfortunate. We convey our deepest condolences. We are also in touch with local authorities as to what were the circumstances that led to the death.”
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said the Toronto Police, at around 3:30 pm Tuesday, responded to reports of an “unknown trouble” and an “injured person lying on the ground” in the Highland Creek Trail and Old Kingston Road. Officers found Avasthi with a gunshot wound; and was pronounced dead.
Duty Inspector Jeff Allington said police are probing the case as a homicide. “Our immediate focus is on preserving evidence at the scene, determining what happened and notifying this individual’s next of kin… there is very little information I’m able to share with you,” Allington said.
The suspects had fled before police arrived, and no arrests had been made as of December 26; and no suspect description has been released. Avasthi was a student at UTSC, reportedly in his third year of life sciences.
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