http://www.citynews.ca/2014/09/28/family-mourns-murdered-community-leader-2/
EXCLUSIVE:
Family mourns murdered community leader
09/28/2014 06:53 PM Toronto staff
A fatal stabbing has left a family distraught over the loss of a man who,
by many accounts, took care of not just his family, but also the entire
community.
Nahom Berhane was identified by loved ones as the man stabbed to death
early Saturday morning outside a pool hall near Danforth and Greenwood
avenues.
“Everybody’s here because he’s touched every single life — stranger or
family or friend — it doesn’t even matter … newcomers,” Nahom’s sister
Arsema Berhane said. “He died on the street where he served … He died on
the street where he served.”
The 34-year-old was father to a 13-year-old daughter, helped raised another
little girl and acted as a mentor to many more.
“He was my daughter’s father,” Mizan Eman said. “He treated her just like
his own. He raised her … He’s raised many.”
Berhane was well known in Toronto’s Eritrean community, volunteering as an
organizer withCITY Leaders, a youth group connected with the United Way and
with whom he was meeting with just hours before the fatal stabbing.
“He was there, leading the conversation, only to find out this senseless
act was waiting for him on his way home,” Arsema Berhane said.
The circumstances surrounding the stabbing are still vague and no suspect
description has been released.
On Sunday, police were canvassing the area where the victim was stabbed and
found without vital signs, just up the street from a bar where he was known
to DJ on a regular basis.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact police or
Crime Stoppers.
Received on Mon Sep 29 2014 - 12:05:20 EDT