Ullal stabbings: Muslim youth succumbs to death in hospital

Mangaluru, Apr 30: One of the sixth youths attacked by miscreants earlier this week under the limits of Ullal police station in Mangaluru taluk, succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital in the city on Saturday.

Mohammed Safwan (20), a resident of Chembugudde near Thokkottu, who had been admitted to ICU at Unity Health Complex in the city, breathed his last without responding to any treatment, sources said.

He was attacked with lethal weapons by a gang of five miscreants on the night of April 26 near the overbridge at Thokkottu. The incident took place when Safwan and his two friends - Nizam and Saleem were returning home on a motorbike after finishing catering work at a wedding ceremony.

Even though the miscreants had targeted all three, Safwan had sustained severe injuries. In a bid to escape from the assailants all three had run in different directions.

In spite of his severe injury, Safwan started running and after reaching Kapikad, which is at least one kilometre away, he contacted one of his friends over phone and narrated the incident. Soon his friends Abdul Samad and Nazrat reached the spot and took him to a hospital.

Safwan, who hail from a poor family, is survived by his mother, three brothers and two sisters. His near ones has requested the district administration to give compensation to his family.

Police have already arrested five accused in connection with the stabbing. They said that the intention of the miscreants was to create trouble in the region and that all the victims were innocents.