Burnaby resident Abdul Sarwari has been identified as the victim in Monday night’s suspicious death near Lougheed Town Centre.
Burnaby RCMP found Sarwari, 23, dead outside of an apartment building in the 3900 block of Carrigan Court shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 15, according to a press release from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.
The dispatch call was initially reported to Burnaby Mounties as a home invasion but no other individuals were found inside Sarwari’s apartment, the release added.
There were also reports on social media the victim had been thrown from an eighth-floor apartment during a home invasion, but this has not been confirmed.
Homicide police are now leading the investigation and have yet to determine whether or not Sarwari was murdered.
“The victim’s cause of death has not been confirmed and the death is considered suspicious. IHIT currently has carriage of this investigation and are looking to speak with any witnesses who may have been in the area during this time,” Staff Sgt. Jennifer Pound, spokesperson for the homicide police, said in the release.
An autopsy is scheduled sometime in the next few days to confirm cause of death, the release stated. Anyone with information about this suspicious death is asked to call the homicide police tipline at 1-877-551-4448 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
