A memorial for 19-year-old Karim Meskine, who was beaten to death with a baseball bat just blocks from the 22nd Street Skytrain station, is being held this afternoon in New Westminster.
Meskine spent his final days in a coma before he was taken off life support and died just five days before Christmas.
Instead of celebrating Christmas together, friends and family gathered in mourning Christmas Eve at a Surrey mosque to lay him to rest.
Police have described Meskine's attack as unprovoked.
Last month the teenager accused in his death was denied bail.
Charges against him of aggravated assault were also upgraded to second-degree murder.
The Crown has said that if the accused is convicted, prosecutors will ask that he be sentenced as an adult.
Police say Meskine did not know his attacker and that it appears the attack was the result of a botched robbery.
Meskine's memorial begins at 1 p.m. PT at John Robson Elementary School in New Westminster.