A father of three was shot to death in his own “castle” in Vaughan while trying to “protect his family” from armed intruders.

Early Sunday morning, police believe, Abdul Aleem Farooqi, 46, was merely asleep in his Vaughan home with his wife and three children when armed robbers broke into his house and demanded valuables.

What happened next is under investigation by York Regional Police. What did occur is horrifying for an innocent family who were minding their own business on the last long weekend of summer 2025.

“He was shot while trying to protect his four-year-old daughter who had a gun pointed at her,” said one of his employees at his business.

What happened here is pure evil.

This is intolerable for the whole country which is already wrestling with the realities of vicious, unch

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