Bradford stabbing: Mum of Kulsuma Akter 'can't stop crying'

BBC

9 April 2024 at 11:50 am·1-min read

The mother of a woman stabbed to death as she pushed her baby in a pram "cannot stop crying", her family has said.

Kulsuma Akter, from Oldham, was killed in Bradford city centre on Saturday afternoon.

Her cousin Aftab Miah said the 27-year-old had been "polite and humble" and "made the people around her laugh".

He said that her family were "devastated", with her mother in Bangladesh distraught.

Mr Miah added that the family wanted "justice".

Ms Akter was attacked at about 15:20 BST on Saturday as she pushed her baby in the pram along Westgate.

Emergency services were called, but she was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.

A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder earlier in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, following a nationwide manhunt.

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