Horrendous motive behind man's death after he was found stabbed 11 times in street
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Police have revealed the horrendous motive behind the killing of a young man who was stabbed 11 times in a vicious attack one year ago. Sadiq Al-Lami, 30, was going to meet a friend when he was attacked at the junction near Parrs Wood in East Didsbury, Manchester, on January 22, 2024. A witness told Greater Manchester Police that his attackers were in a black car which stopped alongside the victim's vehicle at the junction.
The three men - Sultan Bakr, Sikander Babar and his brother Abdul Wahab Babar, who were all sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday - emerged from the car, approached the victim and there was a physical altercation. Greater Manchester Police said Sadiq tried to get away but he was fatally stabbed.
Despite the best efforts of police officers and paramedics at the scene, Sadiq died as a result of his injuries. The attackers fled the scene but were eventually traced by the police and arrested. Sadiq's younger brother, Mostapha, said it's impossible to make sense of his death, as he said: "There isn't an answer I can give." Detective Inspector Alex Wilkinson, the lead officer on the case who has helped the traumatised family following Sadiq's killing, said the victim was "subjected to a really prolonged and vicious attack.".
Police were never able to establish a motive behind the fatal attack, but they believe it to be a road rage incident, reports the Manchester Evening News. DI Wilkinson said: "It seems completely senseless and almost ludicrous that something like a road rage incident could lead to that.
