FIVE DETECTIVES from the bellevue, Washington, police department have been sent to West Vancouver to interview friends and neighbors of a trie of family mem- bers murdered last week near Seattle, By Kate Zimmerman News Reporter The bludgeoned podies of Tariq Rafay, his wife Sultana and their Fatally injured 20-year-old daughter Basma were found by their 18- year-old son Auf in their home in Bellevue, a suburb of Seattle. ‘The Rafay family lived in) North Vancouver for 10 yeirs. Auf is a Corel University stu- dent who graduated from West Vancouver secondary school. He left the Seattle area to stay with a friend in North Vancouver on the murder probe reaches West Vancouver Morning Of tis tantly ’s funerst, which he did not attend: Police spokesman Lieut, Jack MeDonald said officers have urged AUF to get in touch with rebitives but he has refused. The police are attteoipling to confirm Ades alibi forthe aight of the murders. Movie theatre stuf have verified that a companian and he attended a kite screening of The Lien Ning, but police are seeking confirmation that Atif stayed through the sereening and later vis- ited a dase club, as he his said. The Bellevue police have no suspects, according to MeDonald. At the moment they are examining 300 samples of evidence obtained from the house but tive not found the murder weapon, which ts sus- pected to be a pipe or bat. McDonald acknowledged that it was not usual for the Bellevue police to cross the border for a mur- (These writs were filed with the court registry in Vancouver between duly 7 and July 18, 1994. Information is taken from the statements of claim.. Plaintiff: International Land Corporation Ltd.. 2225 Folkestone Way, West Vancouver. Defendant: Cigna Insurance Company of Canada, 910-510 Burrard St. Vancouver. Claim: $52,486.68 relating to an insurance policy. Plaintiff: Russell Hobson, 6445 Elgin St., Vancouver. Defendant: Michael Shawn Kenny, 352 East 9th St., North Vancouver. Claim: General and special damages for injuries sustained in an automo- bile accident on.or about Aug. |. 1992. in Vancouver. Plaintiff: Pacific Press Ltd., 2250 Granville St., Vancouver. Defendant: Greymont Capital Corp., 700-625 Howe St., Vancouver: and Derek Duncan Mason, 5705 Westport Wynd.. West Vancouver. Claim: $20,788.61 for advertising. Plaintiff: Leanne D. Chan, 3774 Cedaridge Pl., West Vancouver. Defendant: Pau! Charest, 258 Taillon St., Basile, Quebec; CN Railway Company, 935 La Gauchetitre St. West, Montreal, Quebec; and Evan Tussman, 402-4470 St. Catherine West, Montreal, Quebec. Claim: General and special damages for injuries sustained in an automo- bile accident on or about June 28, 1993, in Montreal. Plaintiff: Tracy Lee Oleksewich, R.R. 5, Site 12, Compartment 25, Prince George. Defendant: ICBC, 151 West Esplanade, North Vancouver. 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EXPERIENCE THE REW STANDERD IN ‘SPORTS'COUPES, ‘CALL TODAY: SALES ° SEAVIGE © ¢ PARTS Willingdon & Lougheed, Burnaby der investysition but said, “We've never hada tiple honricide tle stid the CLS. police were not eXerebing police powers, gathering evidence or using “enforcement deen” but sumply conducting inlersiews, The officers, whe have been working with the Vancouver potice, are attempting to establish whether anyone tight have had a motive for Killsag Ute Ratiays. Tarty Ralay war a civil engi. Heer, a prominent member af Vancouver's Pakistani community for a decade, and a past-president of the Pakistan-Canada Friendship Society, Sultana was a bousewile and Basma dived at home, The fiam- ily had moved to Bellevue just over a year ago. The investigation so far has revealed no sige of robbery or any racial or religious asotivation for the killings. News wins awards for excellence THE NORTH Shore News has won four awards for general excel- lence in the tabloid cate~- gory from the Canadian Community Newspapers Association (CCNA). The News came second in the Best All-Round News- paper category. The newspuper placed sec- ond in the Best Front Page classification. An editorial opinion piece written by managing editor Timothy Renshaw placed sec- ond in the Local Editorial cat~ egory. The News won a Blue Ribton as a member of the top one-third in its class. Judges chose the winners from entries submitted by 360 newspapers, 46 more than were represented in last year’s contest. CINEMA 3 SEPARATE ADMISSION FEATURES FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL 7:10pm BLOWN AWAY 9:15 pm MORREY SATURN SAAB ISUZU 294-1831 NEW SAAB 9000 CSE TURBO 5 200hp, Automatic, Leather, Air Conditioning, PAW, P/L, P/Seats, P/Sunroof, Exceptional Handling ONE ONLY. 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