- By Marc Waddington & Yunus Mulla
- BBC News
Kulsuma Akter was fatally attacked in Bradford on Saturday
The mother of a woman stabbed to death as she pushed her baby in a pram “cannot stop crying”, her family has said.
Kulsuma Akter, from Oldham, was killed in Bradford city centre on Saturday afternoon.
Her cousin Aftab Miah said the 27-year-old had been “polite and humble” and “made the people around her laugh”.
He said that her family were “devastated”, with her mother in Bangladesh distraught.
Mr Miah added that the family wanted “justice”.
Ms Akter was attacked at about 15:20 BST on Saturday as she pushed her baby in the pram along Westgate.
Emergency services were called, but she was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.
‘Wonderful lady’
Mr Miah said when he spoke to Ms Akter’s mother, she had “never stopped crying” and was “all the time mentioning her name”.
“All we want is justice, nothing else,” he added.
“Not revenge or anything, just justice for our sister.”
Mr Miah said people in the community had been left “shocked by what happened”
He said Ms Akter had moved to Oldham about two years ago with her husband and had been “very caring and humble”.
“She had a good personality, she used to make people laugh,” he said.
“She was a wonderful lady… a good, humble, likeable person, a caring person.
“She always used to offer me tea and biscuits when I went to her house.
“I am going to miss her very much.”
He added that people in the community had been left “shocked by what happened” and the family were “getting all sorts of messages”.
“People are comforting us,” he said.
Speaking earlier, West Yorkshire Police’s Det Ch Insp Stacey Atkinson said the arrest of the man followed a “tragic incident in which a mother has lost her life in the most horrific of circumstances”.
“We understand that this has caused a considerable amount of concern in the local community,” she added.
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