Reward over mother and daughter stabbing suspect

A £5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the man suspected of killing a mother and daughter – as police said they did their “absolute best” to prevent the attack after it was revealed the two victims had dialled 999 for help.

West Midlands Police and Crimestoppers are offering the reward for information leading to the detention of 21-year-old shop worker Janbaz Tarin.

He is wanted for questioning after a knife attack claimed the lives of his ex-partner Raneem Oudeh, 22, and her mother Khaola Saleem, 49.

The pair were found wounded at Ms Saleem’s home in Northdown Road, Solihull, just after 12.30am on Bank Holiday Mon-day.

knife has been recovered and a van thought to have been used by Mr Tarin is undergoing forensic analysis.

It comes as further details were released by police regarding Ms Oudeh’s previous contact with police on the night of the attack, and before, complaining of domestic abuse.

The force revealed on Wednesday that its officers were at the scene within six minutes, when it became clear in Ms Oudeh’s final 999 call that the women were being attacked at home.

Detective Chief Superintendent Mark Payne, head of force CID, said: “Unfortunately we can’t always be everywhere and on the night in question we did our absolute best, but we weren’t able to get there in time to prevent a double murder.”

All previous contact between the victim and police has now been self-referred by the force to investigators at the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

Ms Oudeh had a two-year-old child – though Mr Tarin is not the father – and her mother had six children.

Both victims are originally from Syria.

Mr Payne said Ms Oudeh had made “a series of phone calls” to police on Sunday and into the following evening.