Family mourns tragic death of international student hit by stray bullet in Hamilton

The cousin of a global school pupil killed by a stray bullet in Hamilton final week says the household is devastated by the tragic loss.

Balraj Singh says Harsimrat Randhawa’s mother and father can not eat or sleep after receiving the information of their solely daughter’s dying.

Hamilton police say Randhawa, a 21-year-old Mohawk School pupil from India, was an harmless bystander killed when the occupants of 1 car shot at one other whereas she was ready at a bus cease Thursday night.

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Singh says Randhawa got here to Canada two years in the past looking for a greater life, and he or she needed to open her personal physiotherapy clinic after graduating from school.

He says his cousin was a really form one that was “sensible” in her research.

Chintan Darji, a Mohawk School graduate who organized a vigil on the location the place Randhawa was shot, mentioned he was “heartbroken”  by her dying.

Police say the investigation continues and they’re asking anybody with details about the capturing to return ahead.