Police have charged a 22-year-old Brampton man with first-degree murder in the stick beating that killed a young man on the grounds of a local high school Monday evening.

Karanvir Singh Bassi was arrested Tuesday and police are still searching for other suspects in the brutal daylight attack in front of Sandalwood Heights Secondary School on Sandalwood Parkway near Cedarcliff Trail around 6 p.m.

Paviter Singh Bassi, 21, died in hospital Tuesday morning, the day after the assault. The victim and accused are not related, according to police.

Bassi’s pickup truck remained at the scene Tuesday, beside the grassy area where he was beaten by “multiple suspects” armed with what police described as sticks. Witnesses to the attack called police, but the suspects fled in a vehicle before officers arrived.

The victim was rushed to a Toronto trauma centre clinging to life.

Outrage at the brutality of the attack has flooded social media, and Bassi’s family has told the media they do not know why anyone would want to hurt the young man.

It’s Peel’s seventh murder of the year.

Anyone with information is asked to call Peel police, homicide bureau, at 905-453-2121, ext. 3205, or Peel Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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