19-year-old Naseb Fazil continues to make his family laugh more than a week after his death.
His recorded voice echoes inside a custom teddy bear, stylishly dressed just like him, asking his mother where the trash bags are and laughing about memes exchanged with his sister that.
“Everybody (was) happy from him. He’s such a nice boy,” his father Nazir Fazil told Global News on Tuesday, tears streaming down his face.
“Someone talked to him, the first answer was to laugh and smile.”
Naseb is stab someone to death during a scuffle outside Gallery Vancouver on May 23.
His family, believing him to be innocent, jumped in to help the injured, but Vancouver police would not confirm that. A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the case.
Naseb is a beloved brother and son, and graduated from Burnaby Central High School. He wrestles, plays some team sports and just started a new job while studying business.
He is deeply loved at his local mosque, by his father, who nicknamed him in Arabic “soft” because of his beauty, soft, and weathered skin. his gentle demeanor.
“He was a man with a pure heart,” said his sister, Muzhda Fazil, who is still studying at Burnaby Central High School. “When we got into annoying sibling arguments, I couldn’t even raise my voice properly.”
The family came to Canada from Afghanistan for asylum 10 years ago, seeking safety from the Taliban. They chose Canada because it was the safest place they could think of — “more humane, more peaceful,” Nazir describes.
“It ruined my life. It shattered my hopes,” said Naseer Fazil, Naseb’s 21-year-old brother. “Until my brother passed away, I thought Canada was a safe country.”
Naseer says he can no longer look in his closet, because he and Naseb have shared clothes.
“I lost my brother. To whom?” he asked. “Clearly these people have no life.”
The family said they want justice for Naseb and for all the families who have lost loved ones to violent crime in the city. They fell ill, they added, when they heard about “death after death after death” in Vancouver.
“For me, my blood will cool when we get the right justice,” said Naseer, a rights advocate.
“I was waiting for justice, and then I blamed myself, was it right or wrong to bring my child here?” add his father.
Charges have yet to be brought in the case, but police said on Tuesday the investigation was continuing. Anyone with information about Naseb’s death is asked to call the VPD’s Main Crimes Section at 604-717-2500.
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