Overview
- On June 4, a grey Audi mounted the pavement on Staniforth Road in Darnall, colliding with an e-bike rider before striking 16-year-old pedestrian Abdullah Yaha Al-Zaidy.
- A 20-year-old man arrested in Kent remains in custody on suspicion of murder, while three others face charges of assisting an offender.
- Abdullah, recently arrived from Yemen and known as a ‘beloved member’ of the Al-Shafeey Centre mosque, was walking to meet his father when he was fatally injured.
- An 18-year-old electric bike rider sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries and continues to receive hospital treatment.
- Residents and business owners have voiced shock and renewed calls for improved road safety in the Darnall area ahead of Eid community events.