Posts Tagged ‘Aster kassa’

A man accused murder his wife sought help from priest

July 21 | Posted by ocean | News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , ,

Three weeks before police charged him in the stabbing death of his wife, Tamrat Gebere went to church. He visited the St. Tekle Haimanot Ethiopian Orthodox Church on Merivale Rd., one of several Christian churches serving Ottawa’s Ethiopian community of about 5,000, asking if the priest there, Melak Genet Senay, would baptize his 18-month-old daughter. “There is only one problem,” Gebere told... Read more

Ethiopian man charged for murder in Ottawa, Canada

July 19 | Posted by ocean | News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , ,

OTTAWA — Police have charged a 35-year-old man with second-degree murder after a woman was fatally stabbed Saturday during a domestic dispute in a Riverside Drive apartment building. Tamrat Gebere, who stands accused of stabbing the mother of a young girl to death, was to appear in court Monday. Court documents identify the victim as Aster Kassa. A baby girl was taken... Read more