Violent kidnapping leaves 1 son dead, another shot and 63-year-old dad found seriously injured in Hamilton
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An early-morning kidnapping of a Hamilton man during a violent home invasion left one of his sons dead and another son shot before the 63-year-old was later found in serious condition, police say.
Faqir Ali was found on Beach Boulevard near the Burlington Lift Bridge around 9 a.m. ET Thursday with serious, life-threatening injuries, Hamilton police spokesperson Const. Indy Bharaj said.
Ali was "taken forcefully" from his home near Glancaster Road and Dickenson Road in Mount Hope around 3 a.m., said police.
Khalid Suleman, Ali's brother-in-law, told CBC Hamilton from his home in Pakistan on Thursday that the whole family is "shocked."
"[My sister] told me ... 'someone ... broke doors, and shoot my children and abduct my husband,'" Suleman said.
Officers found Ali's sons, both in their 20s, with gunshot wounds, Bharaj said, adding one has died and the other was in surgery as of 10 a.m.
"It's disturbing," said the media relations officer, noting the incident marks the third shooting the city has seen in the past week. "This isn't something that Hamilton should ever get used to."
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