Man charged with 2nd degree murder in northeast Edmonton stabbing

Edmonton police have charged one man with second degree murder for the death of 44-year-old Ossama Ghaly earlier this month.

Police received a call of a single-vehicle collision in an alley near 47 Street and 118 Avenue in the early morning of Saturday, March 11.

Once on scene, police found a man — who was later identified as Ghaly — in the passenger seat, injured. EMS and fire crews responded to his injuries but he died on scene.

Ghaly’s injuries were later determined to be consistent with assault, not a collision, police said in a news release Monday.

Forty-year-old Ian Whitford faces the charge for Ghaly’s death.