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Kasim Mohamed, 28, was shot to death September 2nd, 2007.

Mohamed was Edmonton's 22nd homicide victim of the year.

Case status remains open and active. For the latest information visit, the The Fulton Place Double Murder page.

On September 6th, 2007 a funeral for Mohamed and Farhan Hassan was attended by up to 250 persons from the Somali community.

The service, which only lasted a few minutes, was held at the Canadian Islamic Centre at 13070 113 Street. Mourners came from Calgary, Winnipeg, Vancouver and the United States.

Hassan Ali, President of the Somali-Canadian Cultural Society, addressed the media.

"This is difficult to the community, and this is difficult to Edmontonians at large, but especially for the Somali community because these people are the young," Ali said.

"These people are the young and the parents came here not for themselves. They brought the children here in order to get better life but some of them they are not getting that.

"This is not why they came to Canada. They came here and left Somalia because they were looking for a safe place to live, but the way it ended was not the way they planned and expected."

Ali referenced the murders of three other members of Edmonton's small Somali community. Deng Atem Bulgak and Juk (Jock) Deng Ring were shot dead behind a one-storey duplex at 13329 82 Street on May 15th, 2007, and 19-year-old Mahamud Yassin Yusuf was found dead near Stony Plain five days later.

"This is too high for us and we need everybody's help to bring those responsible to justice," Ali appealed. "Help the authorities to solve this crime."

Abdi Mohamed, a member of the Somali community and not related to the victim, said, "We would like members of the Somali community to come out with information."

Mohamed added that some community members believe the murders were gang-related despite police stating the murders were not related to drugs or gangs.

“That’s another opinion. I don’t know that, but this is what I heard so far from community members, that gangs did it,” Mohamed said.

Hassan and Mohamed were buried at the Edmonton Muslim Cemetery, near 250th Avenue and 34th Street, on the city's northern outskirts.

Kasim Mohamed

Kasim Mohamed and Farhan Hassan were friends who fled the civil war in Somalia. They had known each other for 10 years.

Mohamed was single and came to Canada in 1997.

Investigators made little progress in the case, and in March 2010 the Edmonton Police Commission approved a $40,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the deaths of Hassan and Mohamed – see reward poster »

Those with information about the incident were asked to contact Edmonton police at 780-423-4567, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), or online at www.tipsubmit.com. Tips can also be text messaged.

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