A nationwide manhunt is under way for a man suspected of stabbing a mother to death while she was pushing her baby in a pram.
Every police force in the country is searching for Habibur Masum, 25, who is wanted on suspicion of murder after the attack in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
A 27-year-old woman was stabbed in the Westgate area of the city centre on Saturday afternoon and later died in hospital.
What we know
Police said Masum is from the Oldham, Greater Manchester, and that he was known to the woman who died.
Officers were called to Westgate at the junction with Drewton Road at 3.21pm on Saturday, 7 April, after reports of a woman being stabbed by a man who then fled.
She was pushing her baby in its pram at the time she was attacked. Her baby was not harmed, West Yorkshire Police said.
A knife was recovered from the scene of the incident.
Masum is described by police as an Asian man of slim build. West Yorkshire Police released two images of Masum to go along with their appeal.
In one, he is pictured on CCTV wearing a duffle coat with three large horizontal lines of grey, white and black, and light blue or grey tracksuit bottoms with a small black emblem on the left pocket and maroon trainers. Police said a witness also reported seeing Masum wearing a grey hoodie with the hood up.
According to a report on the Mail Online, Masum is from Bangladesh and arrived in the UK on a student visa.
On his Facebook page, he claims to have studied marketing at the University of Bedfordshire.
On his YouTube channel, Masum has posted videos of him constructing a baby’s cot, shopping in Primark, walking in the snow in Manchester and taking a trip to Barcelona.
What we don’t know
The 27-year-old victim has yet to be formally identified by police. The victim was known to Masum, but it is not yet clear what was the nature of their relationship.
Masum’s location is unknown, but Alison Lowe, West Yorkshire’s deputy mayor for policing and crime, said on Monday that “all forces in the country” are trying to find him.
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He is believed to have links to the Burnley and Chester areas, police said.
Although a knife was recovered from the scene, police said they cannot say if Masum is armed.
Any current sightings of Masum should be reported to West Yorkshire Police via 999. Any other information that could assist the investigation should be reported via Live Chat online or by calling 101, quoting log 1071 of April 6.
Eyewitness
Greengrocer Geo Khan, 69, said he tried to save the woman’s life by attempting CPR. “I was working on Saturday and I heard screams and ran out of my shop,” he said.
“I saw that the lady was lying face down on the pavement next to a pushchair with her five-month-old baby boy inside. I turned her over. There was a lot of blood and I checked for a pulse, but couldn’t find one.”
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