At least 600 people including Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and other local politicians turned out on Friday for the Muslim funeral of Abdirahman Abdi, filling Ottawa's largest mosque and spilling onto the street. Witnesses told local media that Abdi, 37, was beaten by police officers who responded to calls of a disturbance. In a statement read at the funeral on behalf of the family, Abdi was remembered as a "wonderful son, amazing brother and kindhearted uncle." His family said in the statement that Abdi was "such a kindhearted person, what happened to him that Sunday wasn't fair at all and shouldn't be justified by any means." "We all have many questions but we are trying to be patient." Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding Abdi's arrest.
