Refugee who fled violence mourns 3-year-old daughter slain at her birthday party in Idaho

[riversedge]

Talk about unfairness--this takes the top!


Refugee who fled violence mourns 3-year-old daughter slain at her birthday party in Idaho



http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-idaho-birthday-party-stabbing-20180704-story.html




Little Ruya Kadir had sparkling eyes, a few basic belongings and not much else when she arrived in Boise, Idaho, more than two years ago.

But at just six months old, she had the most important thing: A mother who loved her so fiercely that she left behind her homeland, her husband and everything she knew so Ruya would grow up in a safe place.

Ruya was at her third birthday party — complete with a pink doll-shaped cake and a Disney princess banner — Saturday evening when a man armed with a large knife attacked. Ruya and five other children were badly injured, along with the three adults who tried to protect them.

Timmy Kinner, a 30-year-old homeless man who had briefly been a guest at the apartment complex where Ruya lived, has been charged with first-degree murder and several other felonies in connection with the attack.

And Ruya's mother Bifituu Kadir is mourning her little girl, slain in the very community that was supposed to keep her safe.

Police say Kinner had recently been asked to leave the apartment complex because of bad behavior. They say the attack does not appear to be a hate crime.

"I remember Ruya when she was just a little bundle in my arms," said Megan Schwab, an employment specialist with the International Rescue Committee who befriended Bifituu and Ruya when they first arrived in Boise as Ethiopian refugees in December 2015.

"It was a very long journey, not something she talks about a lot but I do know she was fleeing violence," Schwab said. "She was alone with her little baby and very strong ... she had a lot of resolve to protect her baby and create a new life for them."........................................







http://www.trbimg.com/img-5b3cdaca/turbine/ct-idaho-birthday-party-stabbing-20180704-001/750/750x422

Bifituu Kadir remembers her only child, 3-year-old daughter Ruya Kadir, who was stabbed at her own birthday party along with others June 30, 2018, when a man armed with a large knife attacked them. (Darin Oswald / AP)
Rebecca BooneAssociated Press

[pandr32]

1. This is so horrific

I can't even imagine such a thing.