A 25-year-old man has been arrested after police launched a nationwide manhunt for the suspect in the knife murder of a young mother who was out with her baby.
A 27-year-old woman, Kursma Akhter, was stabbed to death in “broad daylight in a busy area of Bradford” while pushing her baby into a pram on Saturday, sparking an emergency “saw by a number of people”. . Police search for suspect. West Yorkshire Police said a man identified by police as the prime suspect, 25-year-old Habibul Masum, has been arrested.
A second 23-year-old man was also arrested on suspicion of assisting a criminal.
of daily telegraph report Mr Masam was arrested in Aylesbury in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Alison Lowe, West Yorkshire’s deputy mayor for police and crime, previously said of the investigation and the relationship between the deceased and the suspect: “I don’t think this was a random murder.Police knew the two men knew each other.” “There is,” he said.
Chief Inspector Stacey Atkinson said: “We understand that the murder of a young woman in such shocking circumstances causes great concern in the local community. We will continue to investigate further. , residents can continue to expect a heavy police presence in Bradford as we carry out reassuring patrols in the area.”
Police said there had already been contact with Kursma Akhter before she died.
