Somali-Canadian In Critical Condition After Being Beaten By Ottawa Police
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a Somali-Canadian Ottawa man with a “mental capacity issue” was taken to hospital in critical condition Sunday following an attempted arrest west of downtown.
Abdirahman Abdi Ottawa police arrest victim
Abdirahman Abdi, 37, suffered ‘medical distress’ during a confrontation with police on Sunday and was taken to The Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus, where he was listed in critical condition on Monday. (Image supplied by family)
Around 9:30 a.m., officers with the Ottawa Police Service were called to Wellington Street West and Fairmont Avenue for reports of groping.
Police located a 37-year-old man, and shortly afterwards there was a “confrontation” outside a building at 55 Hilda St., a few blocks away, said Special Investigations Unit spokesman Jason Gennaro in a statement.
