The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has identified the victim whose body was found in a burning car in the Popkum area of Chilliwack last week.

The Agassiz RCMP said police and fire crews responded to reports of a car fire on Cheam Road shortly after 11:30 p.m., where they found the deceased individual in the vehicle.

Mounties say the victim was 22-year-old Hamza Fazil of Surrey, who had a history of interactions with police.

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“Investigators believe this was a targeted incident with links to the B.C. Gang Conflict,” police said.

Fazil’s family had first reported him missing on July 27, around 9 p.m. on Old Yale Road near 133 Street.

“This investigation is still in the early stages,” says Co

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