A 42-year-old man has been charged second-degree murder in the death of an 80-year-old man in Oshawa last week.

In a news release Monday, investigators said the accused is the victim’s son.

On Oct. 16, police responded to a call about unknown trouble near Simcoe Street S. and McGrigor Street, where they found the Ibraham Bala injured.

Bala died at the scene, police said in a news release.

In a statement on Friday, the Islamic Centre of Oshawa said the victim was “a very dear community brother.”

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Bala had lived in Oshawa since the 1970s, City councillor Derek Giberson said last week.

He was “the first to be a friend” to newcomers to Oshawa and helped them form roots in the city, he said.

Police have said Bala was a father, hu

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