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Yordanos Ambelu Stabbed to Death in Addis Ababa

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Yordanos Ambelu Stabbed to Death in Addis Ababa
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Yordanos Ambelu, a 23-year-old accountant, was stabbed to death at the National Archives and Library Agency in Addis Ababa by a coworker whose romantic advances she had rejected.

  • Yordanos Ambelu was a 23-year-old accounting graduate who worked and was completing her ACCA certification.
  • She was stabbed to death on the premises of the National Archives and Library Agency (Womezeker) in Addis Ababa late last week.
  • Library security footage shows she entered the premises to study and was at the location at approximately 7:45 PM.
  • She sustained six to seven stab wounds to her back, neck, chest, legs, and torso.
  • The murder weapon, a newly purchased knife, was recovered at the scene and seized as evidence.
  • The suspect is a coworker named Eyob Endale Regassa who had been stalking her after she rejected his romantic advances.
  • Social media claims that the suspect was her boyfriend have been denied by her family.
  • The suspect's father contacted the victim's family by phone while they were leaving the hospital, attempting to resolve the matter through mediation after his son confessed.
  • The victim's family recorded the phone conversation with the suspect's father as evidence.
  • Addis Ababa police have apprehended the suspect and are conducting an investigation.