Prayers held for Harmandeep Kaur at Okanagan Gurdwara

The Okanagan Sikh Temple will be holding a prayer service today for a 24-year-old woman who died after being attacked at the University of British Columbia's campus in Kelowna, where she worked as a security guard.

Temple president Amarjit Lalli says he remotely attended Harmandeep Kaur's ``gut wrenching'' funeral in Squamish on Saturday, and that her family is awaiting more information about a suspect who was arrested under the Mental Health Act.

Kaur's cousin, Kirinjot Kaur, says the young woman was funny, smart and always willing to help anyone.

She says Kaur had recently celebrated her permanent residency status in Canada and wanted to become a paramedic.