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Gun nonsense maims pet

SENSEI THE cat sports a disturbing permanent wink after being a victim of a pel- let gun last month near its Lower Lonsdale home. Sense’s owner, Chelsa

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Thursday: Mainly cloudy High 4°C, low -3°C.

N. Shore pair fight

extradition to U.S.

ATIF RAFAY, 19, claims he heard his autistic sister Basma moaning at a muitiple murder scene, but he left her for dead.

By Brent Mudry Contributing Writer

“He said he did not check on his sister because he couldn’t save her.” federal Department of Justice lawyer Deborah Strachan recalled of Rafay’s initial state- ment to Seattle-area police.

In the first day of extradition pro- ceedings Monday in B.C. Supreme Court for Rafay and Glen Sebastian Burns. 20, Strachan outlined the body of evidence implicating the two close friends in the triple murder of Rafay’s family a year and a half ago. Burns and Rafay graduated in June 1993 from West Vancouver secondary school. Rafay went on to attend Cornell University that fall.

Rafay’s parents, Tariq and Sultana, both 56, were bludgeoned to death in their new home in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue on July 12, 1994. Basma Rafay, 21. died in hospital from similar injuries a short while later. Police allege Burns beat the family to death with a baseball bat while Rafay watched. The two allegedly intended to split $350,000, the value of Rafay’s parents’ house and life insurance policies.

The pair face three charges of aggra- vated first-degree murder. If Washington state authorities succeed in the extradi-

Saizborn, has spent $800 in veterinarian fees to help the cat. (See story page 3.)

Parents blast polis, teachers, trustees

IN THE wake of last week’s fir- ing of the District 44 school board, North Vancouver par- ents levelled their sights at trustees, teachers and _ politi- cians at a meeting Monday.

By lan Noble News Reporter

North Vancouver NDP MLA David

Schreck, who lobbied for the board's dismissal after it failed to deal with its growing deficit, was the target of sev- eral verbal brickbats.

One audience member asked Schreck if he was prepared to help solve the “major funding problems” facing District 44.

When Schreck answered by dis- cussing how 10 other districts in the red have plans to deal with their bud-

See District page 3

HANDSWORTH' S GYM hosted a so! meeting of trustees, politicians and parents Monday.

tion case, Burns and Rafay face life

See DNA page 11

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