Durham police have arrested a 42-year-old male in connection with Durham Region’s seventh homicide.
On Monday, October 20 at about 1:30 pm, members from Durham Region police attended a residential address in the area of Thornton Road North and Adelaide Avenue West in Oshawa where they located and arrested a male for the murder of Ibrahim Bala.
The accused, who is the son of the victim, was arrested without incident, police said.
The suspect, age 42 of Oshawa has been charged with Second Degree Murder. He was held for a bail hearing. Name and further details available at www.drps.ca.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Barrette of the Homicide Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5400.
Editor’s Note: Durham Post does not name or identify the accused as:
1. Of this time, they are suspect[s] and not convicted by a court, and
2. Sometimes charges are amended or dropped.