Forest Hill station 'kill a Muslim' attack victim's wife describes ordeal

The spouse of a person significantly wounded in a 'kill a Muslim' assault on a London practice has described the horrifying ordeal.

Kulsuma Ali, 39, who wore a hijab, was sitting beside husband Muhammed Askar in the course of the alleged assault on a practice at Forest Hill station.

She mentioned the person stabbed her husband in head first, then twice within the chest and at last 3 times within the again.

Muhammed Askar was stabbed within the head first, then twice within the chest and at last 3 times within the again

Her household launched an image of the father-of-three, who's preventing for his life in hospital.

Talking to the London Night Customary, Mrs Ali mentioned the person was screaming 'I'm going to kill a Muslim' and 'return to Syria'.

'The blade was an enormous kitchen knife. The person was wandering round with it and displaying it however nobody had stopped him. 

'Nobody got here to assist us at first. My husband had been stabbed a great deal of occasions earlier than anybody moved.'

She then revealed how a hero nurse helped her wounded husband as there was 'blood all over the place'.

'I've not slept since. The scene retains taking part in in my head', she added.  

Graphic pictures taken on the scene present blood on the station ground after a person was stabbed

Passengers mentioned they ran for his or her lives after a person was seen waving a knife on the station and shouting 'kill all Muslims'.

Members of the general public fled because the attacker 'screamed' at different travellers asking them in the event that they had been Muslim earlier than knifing his sufferer who was sat subsequent to his spouse, it was claimed. 

Miguel Oliveira, 36, mentioned he got here 'face-to-face' with the attacker, who was 'shouting uncontrollably'.

Mr Oliveira, a composer, mentioned he was met with a 'wave of individuals' when he arrived on the station shortly after 1pm following the incident.

He mentioned: 'The primary few had been shouting 'he is received a knife, he is received a knife' after which rapidly the subsequent ones mentioned 'Oh he is been stabbed, name the police'.'

He added that some members of the gang had been shouting: 'He needs to kill Muslims'.

Mr Oliveira left the station however returned a couple of minutes later amid confusion over the whereabouts of the attacker.

He mentioned: 'I doubled again and I went again to the station and truly got here face-to-face with him.

'He had simply come out - not the best way they had been saying. He was strolling in the direction of me and he was shouting stuff like 'Demise to Muslims' and 'Return to Syria'.'

Witness Richard Etienne was on the practice to Forest Hill when he was confronted by the attacker.

The videographer, from Forest Hill, mentioned: 'I used to be on the third carriage and the person with the knife was strolling from the fifth carriage on the again.

'I do not know when he received on, however I realised he was marching down the carriages because the practice left Honor Oak Park, which is the cease earlier than Forest Hill.

'He was marching down the practice sort of muttering loudly to himself, so everybody may hear: 'I will kill me a Muslim', that is what I stored listening to him say. 

'His facial features was like a person on a mission, filled with anger and rage.

'He then turned away from me to have a look at a lady with a hijab sitting reverse me. She appeared in her twenties.

'I may see the again of him and that is after I noticed the knife in his proper hand.

'The blade appeared about 5 to 6 inches and it appeared like a kitchen knife with a black deal with.  

Police at Forest Hill station yesterday after a person stabbed a practice passenger and made threats

'He was holding it at hip stage however his arms had been stiff and the blade was pointing in the direction of her, so he was holding it to her.

'I believe I heard a lady subsequent to her, say: 'Oh God, he is received a knife.'

After a tense few seconds the attacker mentioned: 'I do not need me a Muslim girl, I would like me a Muslim man.'

He then stormed off in the direction of the primary carriage.

At this level a number of passengers started setting off alarms on the practice and hurrying in the direction of the again carriage.

Mr Etienne mentioned: 'I set off an alarm. It was like all the pieces was in gradual movement.'

Then because the practice pulled into Forest Hill station, the attacker launched his assault, it was mentioned. 

Shellby Curry, 24, was together with her one-year outdated little one when she noticed a person 'waving what a knife in his hand' close to the station and screaming phrases like 'Muslims f****** hate them, kill all of them'.   

Adrian Brown, 38, is accused of finishing up the knife assault at Forest Hill station on Monday afternoon.

Brown, who additionally makes use of the identify Adrian McKenzie, appeared within the dock on Wednesday to face fees of tried homicide, possession of a knife, and assault by beating. 

He was remanded in custody to seem at Southwark crown court docket on January 11.

 

 

 

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