Business student and aspiring artist Syed Jamanoor Islam, 20, was stabbed to death a few yards from his home in East London, after being set upon by a group of men in Wager Street. The incident occurred after two of his friends got into a fight with some people.
Witnesses said the victim's family and neighbours ran to help him as he lay dying on the road. One of them cited that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation was tried to keep him breathing, until emergency services arrived. “Many people were trying to help, shouting and crying,” the witness said. “All we heard was a lot of screaming and then a car sped off with tyres screeching,” a neighbour said. The Wager Street estate remained under lockdown as authorities scoured the car park for clues.
“Police were called at 16:46 hrs on Tuesday, 11 April to Wager Street, E3, to reports of a stabbing. Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended and found a 20-year-old man suffering from stab wounds. He was taken to an east London hospital where he was pronounced dead just after 17:30 hrs,” a Met Police spokesman said. Islam's death came an hour after 19 year old Abdullahi Tarabi was fatally stabbed in Northolt.
Detective chief inspector Tony Lynes said, “We are keen to speak to anyone who was in the area at that time and might have seen what happened or who has any information about the circumstances.”
