Hodan Hashi, 23, died in a violent altercation in a Saskatoon bar on Nov. 5. Another woman, 22, has been charged with manslaughter.
“Justice for Hodan” and “No justice, no peace,” people of all ages chanted at the event, one of five vigils for Hashi planned across the country on Saturday.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
In a statement read at the Ottawa rally on Saturday, Hashi’s parents and siblings said that, as they mourned a “vibrant young woman who had her whole life ahead of her,” they found some peace in people rallying behind “our fight for accountability, transparency and justice” from local officials, police and the justice system.Article content
In Canada, the family spent a couple of years in Saskatoon, where Hashi attended high school, before returning to Ottawa, where she graduated from Sir Robert Borden High School in Nepean.
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