The life behind the man charged in Edmonton truck attack

“You can ask (her) anything about me, and she will tell you.” Those handful of words are the first Abdulahi Hasan Sharif has spoken to media since Sept. 30, 2017 — the day a city police constable was run down by a car and stabbed outside an Edmonton Eskimos game and four pedestrians were later struck by a swerving U-Haul truck pursued by police. Sharif’s partner granted two interviews to Postmedia last month. Through her, a clearer picture of Sharif has emerged, one that includes trauma from his early life in Somalia and how he eventually ended up living in Canada. Dave is joined by crime reporter Jonny Wakefield. Read more: https://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/who-is-abdulahi-hasan-sharif-one-year-later-everything-we-know-about-the-alleged-edmonton-attacker

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