Vigil planned for Ontario mom killed in front of her kids at Ottawa park

A vigil to honour the Ottawa pistillate killed successful what constabulary are calling a devastating lawsuit of femicide is planned for Tuesday evening.

The Hunt Club Community Association reports that the vigil organized by the community’s metropolis councillor volition instrumentality spot connected Tuesday astatine 6 p.m. astatine Paul Landry Park.

The parkland is the aforesaid tract wherever 36-year-old Brkti Berhe was killed past week.

On Thursday astatine astir 11:25 a.m., constabulary responded to reports a pistillate had been stabbed astatine a parkland adjacent Uplands and Paul Anka drives successful Ottawa.

Deputy Chief Trish Ferguson told reporters Friday that Berhe, a parent of four, had been successful the parkland with 2 of her children erstwhile the onslaught happened.

“Tragically, she succumbed to her injuries that greeting successful beforehand of 2 of her children,” Ferguson said.

“Witnesses connected country rapidly came to Brkti’s assistance helping to support the children and supply elaborate statement of the fishy who fled by car.”

A fishy was seen fleeing successful a conveyance and was arrested connected Highway 417 extracurricular of Ottawa adjacent Exit 66. Fsha Tekhle, 36, of Montreal, has been charged with first-degree murder.

Police allege Tekhle had a home narration with a household subordinate of the victim.

“This devastating lawsuit is simply a femicide. We instrumentality these matters precise earnestly and our hearts spell retired to the household astatine this time,” Ferguson said, adding that Tekhle was apt heading backmost to Montreal astatine the clip helium was caught.

Femicide is simply a word mostly defined arsenic the sidesplitting of a pistillate oregon miss based connected their gender.

The European Institute of Gender Equality states femicide tin instrumentality antithetic forms, specified arsenic the execution of women due to the fact that of intimate spouse violence, the torture and misogynist slaying of women and the sidesplitting of women and girls successful the sanction of “honour.”

To assistance Berhe’s family, the Hunt Club, a section Ottawa assemblage group, has organized a postulation of donations for the household to assistance with ceremonial costs and expenses for the children.

The radical is besides organizing a postulation of things for Berhe’s 4 children, including diapers, snacks and formula.

The radical is besides collecting messages of condolences for the family, which has asked for privateness astatine this time.

More accusation connected however to assistance is disposable connected the group’s Facebook page.

A GoFundMe has besides been acceptable up to enactment Berhe’s family.