{"id":87918,"date":"2025-07-24T06:14:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/87918\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T06:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:14:13","slug":"15-year-old-killed-in-downtown-vancouver-stabbing-identified-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/87918\/","title":{"rendered":"15-year-old killed in downtown Vancouver stabbing identified &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Family and supporters have identified the 15-year-old boy stabbed to death in downtown Vancouver on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sened Mussie Gebreamlak Woldai was \u201ca kind, joyful, and compassionate boy whose bright smile touched many lives,\u201d according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/selamfundme.com\/%E1%88%93%E1%8C%88%E1%8B%9D-%E1%8A%95%E1%8B%88%E1%8B%B5%E1%8A%93-%E1%88%B0%E1%8A%90%E1%8B%B5-%E1%88%99%E1%88%B4-%E1%8C%88%E1%89%A5%E1%88%A8%E1%8A%A3%E1%88%9D%E1%88%8B%E1%8A%AD-%E1%88%AC%E1%88%B3\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLuZ3VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFYRjNlMlpJc2FjVWdneDkyAR5DASHJaJ34xv_0xQ87nUQO_ljkK26IHDNV2iu0DXJFbTn5NmUgpO53PxHLuw_aem_ibELpdO4iN8E-QIQX5YZ3A\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online fundraiser<\/a> created by his parents with the goal of sending the boy\u2019s remains for burial with family in Eritrea.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post of its own, the Eritrean Community Association of Vancouver said the news \u201chas deeply touched our hearts, and it is incredibly difficult to accept.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a community, we must come together to support the family in every way possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver police say the teen, a Surrey resident, was stabbed near the Vancouver Law Courts at Smithe and Howe streets around 11:40 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11300327\/3-miners-trapped-underground-bc-red-chris-copper-gold-mine\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" 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Lights fireworks display that happened earlier that night.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, a 17-year-old suspect, also from Surrey, turned himself in to Vancouver police.<\/p>\n<p>No charges have been laid.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Crime<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Family and supporters have identified the 15-year-old boy stabbed 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