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Halifax police locate motorcyclist who helped teen who was fatally stabbed

Halifax Regional Police believe motorcyclist witnessed incident in parkade at the Halifax Shopping Centre on April 22.

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The Kearney Lake Mosque was packed with mourners Wednesday afternoon for a wake and funeral prayer for Ahmad Al Marrach, 16, who was the victim of a homicide earlier this week. As the CBC's Taryn Grant reports, the teenager came to Canada from Syria eight years ago.

Halifax Regional Police have locateda witness they were searching for following thefatal stabbing of a teenager seven weeks ago.

Ahmad Maher Al Marrach, 16, died after he was stabbed in a parkade at Halifax Shopping Centre on April 22.

On Tuesday, police issued a news release asking to speak with the driver of a motorcycle who witnessed the incident and provided aid to Al Marrach. Police said they had been unable to identify the driver, so they were asking for the public's help in finding him.

Just a few hours later, police issued a second statement, saying the driverhad been found.

Victim died in hospital

Al Marrachwas transported to hospital where he later died, police said at the time. The teen was a student at Citadel High School, and came with his family to Canada from Syria as refugees eight years ago.

A boy wearing a black puffy jacket smiles into the camera.
Ahmad Maher Al Marrach, 16, died from his injuries in the stabbing. (Al Marrach family image)

Four teenagers have since been charged with second-degreemurder in Al Marrach'sdeath.

They include two 16-year-old boys, one 14-year-old boy and one 14-year-old girl.They're scheduled to go on trial in Nova Scotia youth justice court this fall.

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