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A 3-year-old girl from Idaho who was stabbed on her birthday died Monday, two days after a man invaded the party and attacked nine people with a knife, authorities said.
Timmy Kinner is accused of stabbing group of children and adults who tried to protect them at a party in a complex of apartments housing many families
Timmy Kinner, 30, was arrested by police following the Saturday night attack. The child's death occurred at Kinner's first court appearance, where Ada County Judge Russell Comstock told him that he had been charged with first degree murder and death. Other crimes committed as part of the Saturday night attack
. Comstock told Kinner that he was "an extreme danger to the community" and ordered him to keep him unrelated.
The victims are refugees
Kinner is an American and the victims are refugee families from Syria, Iraq and Ethiopia. ia. Boise Police Chief William Bones said the evidence did not suggest that the attack was a hate crime.
The suspect had recently stayed in the apartment complex, but he was asked to leave on Friday. , left, Esrom Habte, 12, in the center, and Thado Aip describe the attack with the knife against nine residents of their apartment complex, mostly children (Rebecca Boone / Associated Press)
through closed-circuit video, a common practice for early apparitions in Idaho. Dressed in a ragged off white sweatshirt with his arms chained to his waist, Kinner told the judge that he did not understand the charges or the proceedings. He also said that he wanted to represent himself
The judge ordered that he be appointed a public defender anyway.
"I can not explain the charges more clearly than I just did," he told Kinner. 1500 on the eve
Three of the stabbing victims were adults, the other children: the three-year-old girl who died, two four-year-olds, a six-year-old boy, and an eight-year-old boy. a 12-year-old
when he was found guilty, Kinner could be executed under the law of Idaho. Ada county prosecutor, Jan Bennetts, said his office has not yet decided to seek the death penalty, saying that these "high-level decisions" are only made after all the facts.
Marisol Avelar adds a bouquet of white flowers to a (Darin Oswald / Associated Press)
Monday evening, about 1,500 people participated in a vigil commemorating family members of refugees targeted by stabbings .
People were crying, singing and shouting for support Many of the refugee communities brought bouquets of white flowers to symbolize peace. At the end of the rally, hundreds of bouquets filled dozens of baskets on the steps of Boise Town Hall
"We Are All Immigrants"
But community leaders told the crowd that the survivors really did need money. Medical bills growing rapidly and space at home to try to overcome the constant feeling of unease that they have experienced since the attack. Mayor Boise, Dave Bieter, and others urged community members to do what they can to help.
Signs were discovered in the crowd, some reading "love wins" and "we are all immigrants". represent Boise. Please join me in praying for the wounded and their families. We must unite to condemn this despicable act.
Younis Kamel, a 16-year-old man who left Iraq to Boise and his 23-year-old sister, Zuzu Kamel, a more poignant sign:
" I will never forget to see my friend being stabbed in front of me, "read the sign. Younis Kamel was at the apartment complex the night of the attack.
'Justice for Teeba & # 39;
Another woman was holding a sign saying "Justice for Teeba", with a picture of a young child in a hospital bed, a breathing tube obscuring part of her face with a half dozen d & # 39; Other tubes and medical devices connected to his body.
People listen to a speaker during the wake. (Darin Oswald / Associated Press)
Louai Nasri, who also lives in the apartment complex, held a large poster of a girl dressed in a shirt and a hat richly embroidered. In the photo, she stands in front of a Disney Princess themed banner and beckons to a pink birthday cake in the shape of a doll
The photo is of Ruya Kadir, the 3 year old girl whose party birthday was attacked. Nasri said that she was a friend of his son.
Family members of refugees from Syria, Iraq, and Ethiopia were injured. (Meiying Wu / Idaho Statesman via Associated Press)
