Walthamstow stabbing: Teen was defending family business

Armed men attempted to steal designer jackets from the family's home-run online business.

Hussain Choudhry, 18, was killed and his mum and brother were slashed across their hands as they fought to protect themselves outside their home.

A neighbour described seeing the attacker punched in the face before he grabbed the jacket while holding a knife covered with blood and fled across a rooftop at around 5.20pm yesterday evening (Wed).

Meanwhile the 35-year-old man, who did not wish to be named, tried to save the teenager who fell to the ground as the blood drained from his face.

A pair of nurses returning from their hospital shift started CPR in the street but the teenager sadly died outside his home in Lea Bridge Road.

A resident, who lives on the street, said: “This is all over a designer jacket, who kills over a jacket?

“The family were selling designer jackets online and two kids turned up to rob it.

A 35-year-old man, who did not wish to be named, tried to save the teenager who fell to the ground as the blood drained from his face. Photo: SWNS

“Clearly the family in the house were trying to protect themselves. They were defending themselves but the robber pulled out a knife.

“The mother got her hand slashed and I bandaged her hand up and the dad’s hands were cut too.

“At first, I heard the Uber window smash and I looked outside thinking there was a car accident. The car stopped in all the chaos and he was pushed out into the middle of the road.

“I saw a kid being dragged along the back of the Uber outside, pushed into the middle of the road and beaten up.

“One of the household punched him in the face.

“He was punched a few times in the face and he ran back to the other side of the Uber and he picked up a jacket and ran off with it.

“As he picked up the jacket I saw a knife in his right hand and it was pink and stained with blood.

“By this point the lad who died was stood on the cycle path. He made in the direction of where the attacker ran off but then he stumbled and fell to the ground where he’d been stabbed already.

“I tried to take the pulse of the kid but I couldn’t find anything.

A neighbour described seeing the attacker punched in the face before he grabbed the jacket while holding a knife covered with blood and fled across a rooftop. Photo SWNS

“His eyes were wide, he was staring off a thousand yards and all the blood had drained from his face.

“Then two nurses returning from the hospital jumped on him and started doing chest compressions. This is getting out of hand in London, this is ridiculous.

“They punched the attacker and he ran off up the road towards the warehouse.

“Police found something on the roof so I think that’s how he got away. He jumped over the flat roof at the back.

“There’s covers over the bins too so whether they found a knife in there, I don’t know. They were investigating that at about 12am last night."

The neighbour added that the family did not have links with gangs.

He added: “They are a good family, that’s their family home and they are not associated with any gangs.

“They donate a lot of money to the mosque and they are a respectable family within the Islamic community. One of the sons is involved with Walthamstow Forest Council.”

In a statement about the killing, the local mosque named the victim as part of the Chaudry family.

A statement released by the Faizan Islam mosque said: “It is with great sadness and heavy heart we announce that son of Zahoor Ahmed, Hussain Ahmed Chaudry, has departed from this temporary Dunya.

“May Allah elevate his status, grant him a lofty status in Jannat-ul-Firdaus and make his grave a garden from the Gardens of Paradise.”

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