A somali woman and her 2 kids killed in Toronto

[Skippa]

Ilaahay ha'u naxariisto

Zahra Mohamoud Abdille, 43, and her sons Faris, 13, and Zain, 8, were found dead on Saturday

Toronto police have identified the victims of a weekend triple homicide in Thorncliffe Park as a mother and her two school-aged sons.

Zahra Mohamoud Abdille, 43, and her sons Faris, 13 and Zain, 8, were found dead inside their highrise apartment on Saturday.

Police probe possible link between DVP death, triple homicide

Police are still investigating whether there's a link between the deaths and a suspected suicide in which a man threw himself off the Leaside Bridge onto the Don Valley Parkway.

On Monday, neighbours said Zahra, who was Somali-Kenyan, was well known in the community.

One woman living in the same building at 85 Thorncliffe Park Drive said everyone has been affected by their deaths, while another called it "devastating."

A community worker said grief counselling is available to people in the neighbourhood.

"There’s a lot of mystery around what happened," the worker said, adding that the deaths are causing some anxiety.

Counselling is also available to students and teachers at William Burgess Elementary School, where Zain went, and Westwood Middle School, where his brother studied.

“Our thoughts are with their family, friends and teachers at this difficult time,” Toronto District School Board spokesman Ryan Bird said in a statement.

Today, one police car was parked outside the apartment building, while officers also visited a nearby mosque to look for information.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers.

The deaths are the 51st, 52nd and 53rd homicides of 2014 in Toronto

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/t ... -1.2856774

[Julkimi]

AUN..

This is incredibly sad. May Allah swt have mercy on their souls.

[AbdiJohnson]

RIP. The murdering husband killed himself the same day not too far from his home

I am,

Abdi "Very sad" Johnson

[socotra]

innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rojiun, this is so tragic.

[Skippa]

RIP. The murdering husband killed himself the same day not too far from his home

I am,

Abdi "Very sad" Johnson

Not sure if he was the husband but the dude who jumped off the bridge looked like a white hobo ( I drove by his corpse on the dvp)...

[AbdiJohnson]

Hmm interesting. Police say hes connected to the murders though

I am,

Abdi "Let's wait for developments" Johnson

[Givejeffofree]

Hmm interesting. Police say hes connected to the murders though

I am,

Abdi "Let's wait for developments" Johnson

[Lillaahiya]

Illahay ha unaxaristo! Saw this on the news on Sunday but they didn't release the names yet

[OWN15]

So sad.

[SooMaal11]

Inna Lillahi Wa Ina Ilayhi Raajicun. May Allah grant them all Jannah Firdaus. Toronto and their crimes I feel for Somalis out there.

[Turbulence]

How were they killed?

[Vivacious]

Inalillahi wa ina ileyhi raajicun. This is really sad.
Why would the husband kill his family?

[AbdiJohnson]

A Toronto public health nurse and her two young sons were identified Monday as the victims of the triple homicide in East York.

Zahra Mohamoud Abdille, 43, and her sons Faris, 13, and Zain, 8, were found dead in a third-floor unit at the Thorncliffe Park Drive apartment complex about 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

Abdille was working as a public health nurse for the city, Toronto Public Health spokeswoman Lenore Bromley confirmed late Monday night.

“We have just become aware of this tragedy. Our thoughts are with the families, friends and colleagues affected by devastating news,” Bromley wrote in an emailed statement to the Star.

In a story published in the Star in 2003, a woman named Zahra Abdille, who was studying to become a registered nurse at the time, was interviewed at a Toronto daycare centre where she was picking up her two-year-old son, Faris. It is unknown if this Zahra and Faris Abdille are the same mother and son who were killed.

In the story, Zahra and her partner, Yusuf Abdille, were collecting Faris from the Pat Schulz Day Care. The couple were receiving a child-care subsidy.

The Abdilles were reported to have fled war-torn Somalia as refugee claimants in the late 1990s. The couple studied English at the Adult Learning Centre on Danforth Ave.

“If we didn’t get a child-care subsidy, I’d still be in my apartment unable to speak English,” Zahra Abdille told the Star in 2003. “There was no one I could leave my baby with. We didn’t know anyone.”

Her partner, Yusuf Abdille, was quoted as saying the daycare centre “is our family.” (The Star was unable to reach the Pat Schulz Day Care Monday night.)

Osman Ali, director of the Somali-Canadian Association of Etobicoke, told the Star he fielded at least 10 calls on Monday from concerned members of the public wanting to know what happened to the family.

Ali did not know the Abdilles, but said he was told by callers that they were from Somalia and that Zahra Abdille was a “good person.”

“I’ve been with the association 28 years and I’ve never seen anything like this,” he told the Star.

“This was a family, two children and a mother. We don’t understand the motives yet or why it happened and the community is very saddened and moved by this tragedy.”

Police are remaining quiet about any possible connection between the triple homicide and the death of a man who fell onto the nearby Don Valley Parkway a few hours before the bodies of Abdille and her two sons were discovered. On Sunday, Det. Tam Bui told the Star there was some correlation between the deaths, “but it’s not very tangible at this time.”

On Monday, CityNews reported that police discovered the three bodies in the apartment when they were looking for the next of kin for the man who fell to his death on the DVP. Bui would not confirm the connection between the two incidents to the Star Monday night, but said police were working with Traffic Services to “help identify their deceased.”

The TDSB confirmed Monday that 8-year-old Zain Abdille was a student at William Burgess Elementary School and 13-year-old Faris Abdille attended Westwood Middle School. Counselling is being offered to students at both schools and “will remain for as long as needed,” a TDSB spokesman’s statement read.

“Our thoughts are with their family, friends and teachers at this difficult time.”

With files from Diana Hall and Jackie Hong

I am,

Abdi "That's very sad" Johnson

[AbdiJohnson]

http://m.citynews.ca/2014/12/01/police- ... homicides/

Video is there. The guy who jumped off the bridge was going to have his "next of kin" notified. The "next of kin" were found dead in the apartment by police

I am,

Abdi "His name should be released" Johnson

[EvolSyawla]

Omg, thorncliffe park? Wow....That is such a peaceful Muslim area...?

Inaillahi wa inna ilahay raji'uun....My prayers are with the families. =(