London: In a shocking incident, a terrified husband pleaded for his 35-year-old pregnant wife Sana Muhammad to ‘run, run, run’ when he spotted a man armed with a crossbow in a shed in their garden.
The armed attacker stormed into the kitchen and shot eight-months-pregnant Sana Muhammad in the stomach. The arrow narrowly missed her unborn baby, who was safely delivered via c-section, but 35-year-old Sana died hours later.
The mum of five had been doing the washing up in front of her children at her Ilford home in east London when the man fired at her. Doctors performed an emergency caesarian to deliver her son who has been named Ibrahim by her heartbroken relatives, reports the Evening Standard.
Heartbroken widower Imtiaz Muhammad said doctors had to operate with the arrow still inside her. Imtiaz relived this horror and described the moment he saw his wife’s killer hiding in the garden shed.
Imtiaz, 42, told the Standard she was shot in front her children who are aged one, four, 12, 15 and 17. He claimed: “I went to put a cardboard box in the shed. He was there with the crossbow loaded.
“He stared at me, he was going to shoot so I ran into the house. My wife was doing the washing up, I was shouting ‘run, run run’. “He shot her. I can’t help thinking she took my arrow. Maybe it should have hit me. The kids were all there, it was horrific.”
Husband pleas pregnant wife Sana ‘run, run, run’ as she was shot with crossbow:
He described Sana as a “wonderful mother and wife” and said he was “heartbroken”. Zia Khan, who has known Sana for eight years, said: “She was kind and caring and was a wonderful mother.”
“She was a very good, lovely lady. She was a close friend of mine, and we would share our problems with each other and could talk for hours.” One neighbour said: “We saw the police bringing out a crossbow arrow as if for evidence, it looked about 30cm long.”
The incident means the number of homicides in the capital so far this year has reached 119 -one more than the whole total for 2017. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “No other persons are sought in connection with this investigation. The arrested man and woman were known to each other.”
“Enquiries into the circumstances continue.” DCI Gary Holmes, of the Metropolitan Police’s Homicide and Major Crime Command, said: “This is a tragic incident and our sympathies are with the loved ones and friends of the victim.
“I am appealing for any witnesses who were in the area of Applegarth Drive from the evening of Sunday, 11 November to the morning of Monday, 12 November to please contact us with any information they might have, however small.
“It could prove vital to our ongoing enquiry.” Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo, 50, was arrested at the scene and appeared at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court today after being charged with her murder.
Cops confirmed Sana and Unmathallegadoo “were known to each other”.
