Elderly Pakistani Man Stabbed To Death After Leaving Mosque In Birmingham
A 75-year-old man stabbed to death yards from his home may have been targeted in a racially motivated attack, according to police.
Mohammed Saleem, who used a walking stick, was stabbed three times in the back as he returned home from prayers at his local mosque in Small Heath, Birmingham, on Monday night.
The blows were struck with such violence they penetrated to the front of his body.
The father of seven also had no defensive wounds in what has been described as a swift, vicious and cowardly attack by the man leading the murder investigation, Detective Superintendent Mark Payne of West Midlands police.
Officers want to trace a white man, aged 25-32, of medium height and build, spotted on CCTV footage running near the scene of the attack around the time it happened, just before 10.30pm.
Police also want to trace a seven-seat people carrier captured on CCTV, driving near the mosque with the two male occupants, both white and in their 30s, who are considered “significant witnesses”.
In an emotional family appeal on Thursday, two of Saleem’s daughters, Shazia Khan, 45, and Nazia Maqsood, 44, called for the attackers to hand themselves in. They tearfully described their father as a “widely respected member of the community” and “much-loved”.
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My mom is so selfless, and I never realized it until today. She’s selfless to the point where it harms herself, and she would literally give me the shirt off her back or her shoes or something if it means that I’m okay and she has to go without. A few minutes ago I asked her if I could have one of the bread rolls on the kitchen counter and she said, without even hesistating “sure, go ahead”. And I said, “are you sure? I know you take two sandwiches for lunch because you get hungry.” and she was like “yeah, have it, I can make do with one sandwich” and I was like no no, have it if you need it, it’s okay, I don’t *need* it and she finally consented and has it for her lunch.
Seriously, I never even realized. We have our disagreements and we each have our faults, but I can’t believe I never thought about just how much she does for me.
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