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Montreal Memorial Honors Michel Mizrahi and Slain Officer After Shooting

Following the shooting, Montrealers gathered in a park Wednesday evening to honor Michel Mizrahi, a 68-year-old bystander, and Const Mohamed Lamine Benredouane, a police officer killed responding to the attack.
The gathering marked the end of shiva, the seven-day Jewish mourning period, bringing the community together to support the Mizrahi family, who travelled to Israel to bury him.
Rabbi Mendel Raskin, Mizrahi's rabbi, recalled his generosity and noted he urged others to seek shelter before the shooting began. "There are people in this room today who were saved by Michel," Raskin said.
The Montreal police service announced Tuesday that a separate memorial ceremony honouring Benredouane will take place July 7 at the Bell Centre, a downtown Montreal arena.
Transforming the site of violence into a place of solidarity, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath of Chabad Montreal said, "This has really been an example of a togetherness that I have never seen before in Montreal.

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Ceremony in Honour of a Victim of the Shooting in Montreal

Members of the Jewish community in the city and others gathered to pay tribute to Michel Mizrahi.

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Montreal memorial marks end of shiva for shooting victim

MONTREAL - As heavy rain and strong winds swept through a Montreal park Wednesday evening, members of the city's Jewish community and others remained in place to remember Michel Mizrahi, the 68-year-old bystander killed in last week's shooting that also…

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