JerrySeinfeld Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4799576.stm Six-year old Alisha Begum, whose family are of Bangladeshi origin. She was the victim of an arson attack at the family home on Friday, March 10 this year. The attack took place on Bayswater Road, Perry Barr, in Birmingham. Two men had broken into the house and thrown petrol accelerant into the building, setting it alight, and had then fled. The fire was so ferocious that the rest of the family who were in the house had to jump from an upstairs window to escape. Little Alisha was trapped in her bedroom in her bunk bed, where the flames were the most intense. Alisha suffered from 95% to 100% burns, and died the following day at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. On Friday April 7, two men were charged with her murder. Today, the Telegraph reports from the trial of the two men at Birmingham Crown Court. A 26-year old dentist, Hussein Ahmad, and 18-year old Daryll Tuzzio are being tried for one count of murder (that of Alisha Begum), and nine counts of attempted murder (the rest of the family). Yesterday, the court was told by prosecutor Adrian Redgrave: “One hears of so-called honour killings though one may wonder how by any stretch of the imagination there can be any honour in what happened here, resulting in the death of a six-year-old child.” “Hussain and his associates knew that at the house there was not only Abdul Hamid, and he was the one they were trying to get at, but they knew full well that there was a whole family living there.” Alisha’s brother, 21-year old Abdul Hamid, had been seeing a teenaged girl, Meherun Khanum, since the end of 2005. Meherun was the sister of Hussein Ahmad. When her family found out about the relationship, a threatening phone call was made to Abdul on Thursday, March 9, warning him to stay away from the 15-year old girl. The following day, the arson attack took place, shortly before midnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 ... She was the victim of an arson attack at the family home on Friday, March 10 this year....March? That was like six months ago. Why are you posting this now?And Jerry, are you planning to create a new thread for every incident you find? If so, and given your premise that this is a severe problem, then I suggest we ask the moderator to create a special category for your threads because otherwise we'll be inundated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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