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Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION
Slain Eritrean woman mourned
By: Staff Writer
Posted: 01/30/2012 1:00 AM
HUNDREDS of mourners gathered in downtown Winnipeg on Sunday night to pay
their last respects to a woman slain last week.
As many as 300 members of Winnipeg's Eritrean community filled the Medhanie
Alem Church on Edmonton Street to sing hymns and pray in memory of Alche
Fsehaye Kidane. The 34-year-old woman died Jan. 23 after suffering grievous
injuries in an alleged assault.
The packed, standing-room-only gathering also offered a chance for
community members to contribute to a fund to help return Kidane's body to
her family in Eritrea.
Kidane was still a newcomer to Canada, having only arrived here last August
after being sponsored to immigrate by a cousin.
Last week, Lambros Kyriakakos, president of Eritrean Community In Winnipeg
Inc., said members of his community have been working together to support
Kidane's family since her death.
Her husband Teklu Tesfamichael Mebrahtu, 32, has been charged with
second-degree murder.
-- staff
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