Suspect in Burnaby shooting arrested after fleeing to Dubai
Posted December 12, 2014 3:43 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – A suspect in the murder of 20-year-old man near Brentwood mall in Burnaby has been arrested at Seattle’s airport.
Aladdin Ramadan was shot and killed on Rosser Avenue near the Lougheed highway in September.
RCMP say 20-year-old Samir Mokhtar, who is charged with manslaughter with a firearm in the death, fled to Dubai shortly after it happened.
Mokhtar was arrested by US Customs Wednesday.
This is the second arrest in the case, the first is a 16-year-old who cannot be named because of his age.