Police have named the victim of a fatal stabbing which left a mother fatally wounded beside her baby in Bradford, as the manhunt for the suspect continues.
The victim, identified by police as 27-year-old Kulsama Akter, was said to be known to the suspect. Police also confirmed that a 23-year-old had been arrested in a series of raids across the city on Monday afternoon on suspicion of assisting an offender.It follows the naming of Habibur Masum, 25, who is wanted by police in connection with the murder.The incident, which took place on Saturday afternoon, saw Ms Akter stabbed in Bradford city centre while walking with her baby who was in a pram.
He said: “I was working on Saturday and I heard screams and ran out of my shop. I saw that the lady was lying face down on the pavement next to a pushchair with her five-month-old baby inside.“I turned her over. There was a lot of blood and I checked for a pulse, but couldn't find one. I could see the knife wounds to her neck and I tried to do CPR. Her friend was screaming.”The victim is yet to be formally identified, but is understood to be 27 years old, the force said.
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