New Delhi: A 21-year-old Indian student was shot dead at the entrance of a subway station in Canada’s Toronto city.
The victim, identified as Kartik Vasudev, was shot on Thursday evening at the Glen Road entrance to Sherbourne TTC station in St James Town, PTI reported.
“We are shocked & distressed at the unfortunate killing of Indian student Kartik Vasudev in a shooting incident in Toronto yesterday,” the Consulate General of India wrote in a statement posted on Twitter on Friday.
“We are in touch with the family and will provide all possible assistance in the early repatriation of mortal remains,” it said.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also expressed grief at the killing. “Grieved by this tragic incident. Deepest condolences to the family,” Jaishankar tweeted.
Vasudev was a student at Seneca College and was taking the subway to work when he was killed. He had arrived in Canada in January.
“The Seneca community is saddened to hear of the tragic death of Kartik Vasudev, a first-semester Marketing Management student,” a spokesperson said in a statement.
Police said the suspect was a Black male about five-foot-six to five-foot-seven inches tall.
