An Ontario mother who was killed in front of her children at a park in the nation’s capital is another case of femicide, Ottawa police say.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.WATCH: “It really is about stereotypical gender roles, discrimination towards women,” Ottawa deputy police chief Trish Ferguson explained in a Friday press conference, referencing the definition and use of the term “femicide.”
Deputy Chief Trish Ferguson told reporters Friday 36-year-old Brkti Berhe, a mother of four, had been in the park with two of her children when the attack happened. “Witnesses on scene quickly came to Brkti’s aid helping to protect the children and provide detailed description of the suspect who fled by car.”
The European Institute of Gender Equality states femicide can take different forms, such as the murder of women because of intimate partner violence, the torture and misogynist slaying of women and the killing of women and girls in the name of “honour.”
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