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A public memorial for Montreal police officer Mohamed Lamine Benredouane, who was killed last week in the line of duty, will be held July 7.
Mohamed Lamine Benredouane and a civilian were shot and killed last week in Cote-des-Neiges neighbourhood
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A public memorial for Montreal police officer Mohamed Lamine Benredouane, who was killed last week in the line of duty, will be held July 7 at the Bell Centre.
Benredouane was shot and killed in a midday gunfight June 22 in the Cote-des-Neiges neighbourhood.
A second man, Michel Mizrahi, was also killed, and a second police officer was wounded before the gunman was fatally shot.
It was the first time in 24 years that a Montreal police officer was killed on the job.
Benredouane left behind a wife, pregnant with their second child, and a three-year-old son.
A private funeral was held on June 24, but the police force said at the time it would hold a public service in the coming weeks.
More details about the ceremony will be released in the coming days.
Funerals were held Wednesday for Montreal police Const. Mohamed Lamine Benredouane and Michel Mizrahi, the two victims of Monday’s deadly shooting in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood.
