By Elias Kifle
One can conclude that domestic violence in the Ethiopian and Eritrean communities has reached an epidemic level after reading a stream of news over the past couple of years about men killing their wives and girlfriends. I find it shocking that some of the Ethiopian men I spoke with about this subject recently seem to find an excuse for the men who mayhem and murder their wives. I’m left speechless. What is going on in our community? What can be done to stop such senseless crime that has become a common occurrence?
The following are some of the reported murders and violence:
* UK: Yonas Beraki admitted killing Genet Kidane
* Ethiopian man kills mother, daughter in Virginia
* Jerusalem police say Eritrean migrant killed by husband
* Ethiopian woman stabbed on both her eyes by ex-husband
* Ethiopian man accused of killing wife found dead in Atlanta jail
* Ethiopian man shoots wife and kills himself in St. Louis, MO
* Another Ethiopian man charged with killing wife
* Canada: Edmonton resident arrested for killing wife
* Accused killer of Ethiopian woman feared losing daughter
* Ethiopian man in Winnipeg, Canada, charged with murder
* Ethiopian mother of 3-year old in Virginia killed by husband
* Canada: Ethiopian man gets 18 years for murder
* Eritrean man slaughtered his wife and chopped her body into 10 pieces
* An Ethiopian man accused of shooting girlfriend in California
* Man suspected of stabbing wife is found in closet