Funeral providers have been held Saturday for a 21-year-old College of Calgary scholar who was struck and killed whereas crossing the road on Sept. 14.
Fairooz Shafin Munmun, a world scholar from Bangladesh, was in her third 12 months of laptop sciences.
“She had a lot of goals, however it tragically ended up with one thing like this,” Kois Chowdhury with the Bangladesh Canada Affiliation of Calgary mentioned.
“We wish to honour her right this moment.”
Prayers have been held on the Akram Jomaa Islamic Centre within the northeast.
“That is actually a really unhappy second for our entire group: the Muslim group, the Bangladeshi group, the College of Calgary,” mentioned Zubayer Siddiquee, the centre’s director.
“That is insufferable.”
Munmun was hit by a hatchback close to the campus alongside 24 Avenue N.W.
The motive force, a 41-year-old man, remained on the scene and police say neither pace nor alcohol are thought of components within the crash.
An officer says the “place of the solar in relation to the motive force’s view” could have performed a task.
Munmun can be remembered by her adopted Calgary household, in addition to her dad and mom again dwelling.
Her physique is being despatched to Bangladesh this week.
“We’re actually hurting right here. We will not even take into consideration how the dad and mom are feeling,” Chowdhury mentioned.
“They wish to see her face earlier than they are saying goodbye.”
Police are asking anybody with dash-cam video of the incident, or anybody who could have witnessed it, to name 403-266-1234.
Ideas may also be submitted anonymously by way of Crime Stoppers.