A vigil will be held on the Brock University campus Friday, Dec. 8 to honour first-year Medical Sciences student Yosif Al-Hasnawi, who was killed in Hamilton on Saturday night while trying to stop an altercation.<\/p>\n
A memorial fund is also being organized to create a scholarship in Al-Hasnawi\u2019s name to remember the 19-year-old Hamilton resident.<\/p>\n
\u201cYosif\u2019s death devastated us, but we plan to look further into it and make sure his death is not forgotten, which is why this vigil and his memorial fund are so important to us,” said Student Justice Centre Supervisor Zanab Jafry, a fourth-year Brock student.<\/p>\n
She said the Student Justice Centre is concerned with the witness reports of Al-Hasnawi not being treated well by paramedics.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe devastation is two-fold. One because he was killed, but also because he didn\u2019t get the treatment he needed,\u201d she said. \u201cWe want to make sure what happened to Yosif is not just remembered, but that it\u2019s corrected and that our society learns from this in future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jafry, who is in the same Medical Sciences program as Al-Hasnawi, said Brock faculty, staff and students, as well as some of Yosif\u2019s family members and spiritual leaders, will take part in the Friday vigil.<\/p>\n
The service will take place at 3 p.m. in Academic South Room 216. More information can be found on the Student Justice Centre Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cYosif wanted to help people. He lived his life that way and it seems that\u2019s also how he died \u2014 in the service of others,\u201d Jafry said.<\/p>\n