Meghan Scott and Zekarias Semret

Zekarias Semret: Her stalker attacked her, stabbing her seven times, Scott said, according to Toronto Star. Crown alleges this man was Adonay Zekarias, who, like Semret, 55, was a refugee fleeing religious persecution in Eritrea where they were both members of the same church. As she went into a laneway near her Cabbagetown home, Semret was completely unaware a man in a dark hat and jacket was following her into a laneway, Crown prosecutor Meghan Scott told a jury in her opening address. The seemingly random and violent attack stunned the city at the time; even now, the Crown told the jury, the motive remains unknown, though the two knew each other. They attended English classes together and Semret helped Zekarias with his immigration paperwork, Scott said. Scott told the jury the evidence will show Zekarias and Semret stayed for months at the same refugee shelter in 2010 after first arriving in Canada — Zekarias in December 2009, Semret in March 2010. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.