Baby delivered after crossbow kills mother
A BABY was fighting for his life last night after being delivered by emergency caesarean section when his pregnant mother was killed with a crossbow.
Sana Muhammad, 35, was shot dead in front of her five children as she did the washing up at the family home.
Her husband Imtiaz said he found the suspected killer lying in wait in their garden shed, armed with a crossbow, as he went to put away some boxes.
Mr Muhammad shouted ‘run, run, run’ to his family as the assailant chased him into the kitchen of the house in Ilford, East London, at 7.30am on Monday.
Scotland Yard confirmed the victim’s ex-husband Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo, who she left for Mr Muhammad, had been charged with murder, and is to appear in court tomorrow.
The victim bought her family home in 2011 with her then-husband, Mr Unmathallegadoo, a former nurse.
Neighbours said the couple, both originally from Mauritius, had three children, now aged 12, 14 and 18 together, before she left him for Mr Muhammad. Mrs Muhammad was a Hindu but converted to Islam to marry the successful Pakistani builder, who she met while he renovated her home. The couple went on to have two children, aged two and five. Mrs Muhammad, who was eight months’ pregnant, died three hours after receiving emergency surgery for a crossbow bolt to the chest.
Doctors delivered her baby, who has been named Ibrahim, but he remains in intensive care.
‘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,’ Mr Muhammad, 42, said.
‘They operated with the arrow still in’