A Baptist pastor stays in hospital in critical condition after a stabbing attack by which his wife was killed.
Alberta Obinim, 43, died within the attack at their home within the Gorton area on Sunday evening. Her husband Joshua Obinim, 64, and their 17-year-old daughter were seriously injured and remain in hospital where their condition is claimed to be “life-threatening”.
Mr Obinim is a caretaker and pastor on the Blessed Baptist Temple in Levenshulme. Anthony Clement, an administrator on the church, told the Daily Mail that the congregation was praying for them.
He said, “They are an excellent church-going family. They are superb people.”
A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is claimed by Greater Manchester Police to have been known to the family.
Police are treating it as an isolated incident.
Sgt Adrian Girtchen said: “We can feel the shock waves that this incident has sent through the local people, who either witnessed this attack or woke this morning to listen to the tragic news.
“Many of you might know the family, and our thoughts and desires remain with them and everybody who has been affected.”
