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Court appearance today for man accused of killing Red Deer doctor

Sep 9, 2020 | 9:49 AM

RED DEER, AB – A man accused of killing a family doctor at a medical clinic in Red Deer is scheduled to appear in court today.

Deng Mabiour is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Dr. Walter Reynolds.

Reynolds, a 45-year-old husband and father of two, was attacked Aug. 10 while working at the Village Mall Walk-In Clinic.

One witness told rdnewsNOW that she was in the waiting room when she heard cries for help and that a man in the clinic had a hammer and a machete.

RCMP have said the crime was not random and the two men knew each other through the clinic, although they have not said if Mabiour was a patient of Reynolds.

Mabiour, who is 54, appeared confused during his first court appearance one month ago and told a judge that he doesn’t remember and is sick.

He is scheduled to appear in Red Deer court at 9:30 this morning (Sept. 9).

(With file from The Canadian Press)