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| Man shouted 'I am going to kill a Muslim', says wife of Forest Hill victim | Man shouted 'I am going to kill a Muslim', says wife of Forest Hill victim |
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| The wife of a man left in a serious condition in hospital after being stabbed on a train in London this week has described the moment her husband was attacked by a person she says shouted “I am going to kill a Muslim”. | The wife of a man left in a serious condition in hospital after being stabbed on a train in London this week has described the moment her husband was attacked by a person she says shouted “I am going to kill a Muslim”. |
| Speaking as her family released a picture of her husband Muhammed-Askar Ali in his hospital bed on Thursday, Kulsuma Ali described sitting next to him when the attack happened. | Speaking as her family released a picture of her husband Muhammed-Askar Ali in his hospital bed on Thursday, Kulsuma Ali described sitting next to him when the attack happened. |
| It is the first time Kulsuma Ali has spoken about the incident, which took place on Monday. She praised the nurse who came forward to help her stricken husband, calling her a hero. And she said the person who attacked her husband was “shouting go back to Syria and things like that”. | It is the first time Kulsuma Ali has spoken about the incident, which took place on Monday. She praised the nurse who came forward to help her stricken husband, calling her a hero. And she said the person who attacked her husband was “shouting go back to Syria and things like that”. |
| “It was terrifying. The man stabbed my husband … One wound is near the lung and very dangerous and the doctors are very worried about his sight because he was stabbed near the eye.” | “It was terrifying. The man stabbed my husband … One wound is near the lung and very dangerous and the doctors are very worried about his sight because he was stabbed near the eye.” |
| The 39-year-old told the London Evening Standard: “The man was wandering around with [the knife] and showing it but no one had stopped him. How can he not have been stopped before? | The 39-year-old told the London Evening Standard: “The man was wandering around with [the knife] and showing it but no one had stopped him. How can he not have been stopped before? |
| “No one came to help us at first. My husband had been stabbed loads of times before anyone moved. I was in total shock and was holding him. | “No one came to help us at first. My husband had been stabbed loads of times before anyone moved. I was in total shock and was holding him. |
| “A lady on the train who was a nurse helped. She was amazing. I need to say thank you – she has maybe saved his life. | |
| “There was blood everywhere. I was in shock and I have not slept since. The scene keeps playing in my head.” She said their three sons have not been able to go to school since the incident. | “There was blood everywhere. I was in shock and I have not slept since. The scene keeps playing in my head.” She said their three sons have not been able to go to school since the incident. |
| Other witnesses have described seeing a man shouting at the station. Miguel Oliveira said: “The first few [people leaving the station] were shouting ‘he’s got a knife, he’s got a knife’ and then all of a sudden the next ones said ‘oh he’s been stabbed, call the police’.” | |
| Muhammad-Askar Ali, a father-of-three who works as a delivery driver, was described as a “brilliant father and husband” and a family man. He suffered a punctured lung and stab wounds in his head and body during the attack on a train at Forest Hill station, in south London. | Muhammad-Askar Ali, a father-of-three who works as a delivery driver, was described as a “brilliant father and husband” and a family man. He suffered a punctured lung and stab wounds in his head and body during the attack on a train at Forest Hill station, in south London. |
| The couple, who are of Bangladeshi origin, had visited a mosque for prayers earlier in the day before the stabbing. They had then gone to pick up some flight tickets and were taking the train home, the Evening Standard reported. | The couple, who are of Bangladeshi origin, had visited a mosque for prayers earlier in the day before the stabbing. They had then gone to pick up some flight tickets and were taking the train home, the Evening Standard reported. |
| A man aged 38 has appeared in court charged with attempted murder, possession of an offensive weapon and assault by battery. | A man aged 38 has appeared in court charged with attempted murder, possession of an offensive weapon and assault by battery. |