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Ottawa police responded to a stabbing at a park near Uplands and Paul Anka Drives on October 24th at approximately 11:26am.

On arrival police located a female victim who has been identified as Brkti Berhe, 36, suffering from stabbing injuries. Police said she succumbed to her injuries.

e Ottawa Police Service Homicide Unit has charged 36-year-old Fsha TEKHLE of Montreal with First Degree Murder.

TEKHLE had a domestic relationship with a family member of the victim, Brkti Berhe. This tragic event is a femicide.

TEKHLE is scheduled to appear in court this morning.

“A femicide is generally defined as “the killing of women and girls because of their gender” often driven by stereotyped gender roles, discrimination towards women and girls or unequal power relations between women and men. The Ottawa Police Service also builds on the definition recommended by our VAW community partners as “the misogynist killing of women and girls because of their gender, overwhelmingly committed by men.”