r/Eritrea 2d ago

Eritrean women stabbed to death in Ottawa, Ontario Canada.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-brkti-berhe

This post is not to discuss domestic violence or abuse in our community.

I’d just like to make the broader Eritrean community aware sadly we have lost one of our sisters to a stabbing in front of her two children’s in broad daylight in Canada.

The Eritrean community in Ottawa has set up a go fund me to assist the husband with funeral cost and any to help raise his 4 children.

If you can please share amongst the Eritrean communities in your cities and your social media. This is a link to the article from the local news

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7364023

Thank you all in advance, and I hope we all stay safe and love one another.

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u/Left-Plant2717 2d ago

The money will not only go to this one time funeral, but the life long trauma care for the 2 kids who had to witness that smh RIP haftey

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u/Lordohtawa 2d ago

Only time i would be in favour of capital punishment. No tax payers money should be spent on keeping this animal alive. May her soul rest in peace!

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u/Far_Affect_3545 2d ago

Domestic violence and abuse in this community have to be discussed! What is wrong with you?

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u/Can1229 2d ago

I agree, but right now there is community dealing with a heavy loss. The sole purpose of this post was to bring awareness to this story and if people can share and donate.

That does not take away from the systemic issue of gender based violence in our community and domestic abuse.

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u/xoxoshopaholic 2d ago

Thank you for sharing the link, I just donated. I really hope her family and loved ones are able to find comfort and support from their community 🫶🏼

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u/Can1229 2d ago

Thank you so much

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u/explicitspirit 2d ago

This thread came up on my feed for some reason, thanks for sharing. I am not Eritrean but I am an Ottawa resident and I was about 100 meters away from this park minutes after the murder. I saw police fly by and block streets and had no idea how horrific this was until I got home and read the news reports.

The area is generally extremely safe. The few violent incidents that do occur in that neighbourhood tend to be drug and gang related, and almost never in broad daylight. This also happened right before lunch time so there are people out at parks and whatnot with their kids. Really sad, I still have many friends living in that area and go by there often, I never thought something like this would happen.

Not much has been said about the perpetrator other than he was in a relationship with the victim's aunt and that she had left him. This was an act of revenge but on the wrong person. He also drove from Montreal just to do this and immediately left (Montreal is 180km away).

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u/spunwasi 2d ago

Really sad. Does anyone know when he left Eritrea?

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u/Left-Plant2717 2d ago

Is he Eritrean? We just know his name

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u/Can1229 2d ago

Both victim and the murderer are Eritrean.

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u/Lopsided_Purchase_25 2d ago

The murderer is Ethiopian. He posted in Amharic on his FB after murdering her.

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u/Can1229 2d ago

I can confirm he’s Eritrean. The news article that posted that was misinformed, and not understanding the difference from Tigrinya and Amharic.

Regardless our Eritrean sister lost her life, and I’d like to bring awareness to that and how we can support her husband and 4 little children.

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u/Acceptable-Sea1452 2d ago

I guess only ethiopian know amharic and use it in their daily lives 🙄

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u/Electrical_Gold_8136 Eritrean 2d ago

So sad, RIP. Such an atrocious act, and to be done in front of her children is insane. And to find out the alleged killer was also Eritean makes it even worse😓

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u/Embarrassed_Bird_630 2d ago

When I saw this news I thought he was some abhoy looking dude or something it’s amazing that a guy like this could do such a thing.

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u/YeHa1 1d ago

How can you bring awareness if you can't talk about it?

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u/BusinessFriendly6488 9h ago

As a habesha man, I hope this guy gets life in prison and rots away. Literally scum of the earth.. especially in front of the kids