Minneapolis man admits to fatally stabbing roommate in the neck

A Minneapolis man has admitted to fatally stabbing his roommate in the neck with a knife.

Abdirahim Mahamed Jama, 39, pleaded guilty on Monday in Hennepin County District Court to second-degree unintentional murder in the killing of Abdurahman Warfa, 27, on April 30.

State guidelines call for a prison term of 12½ years. Sentencing is scheduled for April 22.

Jama's guilty plea came on the day his trial was to begin.

According to the criminal complaint:

Police went to the apartment in the 500 block of Cedar Avenue S. about 10:30 p.m. and found Warfa dead from a stab wound.

Jama, who was also in the apartment, had blood all over his clothing and told officers, "He attacked me, and I stabbed him."

Jama said he had been using the knife to eat a plate of goat, and when he made a motion to deflect the punches, he stabbed Warfa. Jama said they were the only ones in the apartment.

But witnesses interviewed by police told a different story.

One man said that he was one of four people drinking in the apartment when Warfa and Jama argued about Warfa's girlfriend and that Jama grabbed a knife from the kitchen sink and stabbed Warfa.

Another man gave a similar account about the two arguing and then Jama stabbing Warfa.