Shaeen Ahktar was fatally knifed in\u00a0Wright Road, Washwood Heath\u00a0, just before 4pm on Sunday, October 15.<\/p>\n
Her husband, Parvez Akthar, 46, is due at Birmingham Magistrates\u2019 Court on Tuesday accused of killing her.<\/p>\n
In a family statement, her five devastated children paid tribute to their \u201camazing, caring and beloved\u201d mother.<\/p>\n
They said, \u201cAll we ask in this difficult time is for your prayers, and for you to respect our privacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn this tribute we would like to say to our mother: \u2018We hope you are in a better place, looking down on us and nodding your head in approval.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to tell you and the world, you will always be in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neighbour Sobia Noreen said Shaeen was like a \u201csister\u201d.<\/p>\n
She said, \u201cShe was so loving and caring.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019d always be in each other\u2019s house and looking after each other\u2019s kids.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe she\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sobia\u2019s daughter, Subah, also paid tribute to the v49-year-old victim, who she called \u201cauntie\u201d.<\/p>\n
The 17-year-old said, \u201cWe\u2019ve known her our whole lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cI grew up with her and she was like my second mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we heard screaming we just assumed the kids were fighting – we didn\u2019t know it was auntie.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe auntie is gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another neighbour said, \u201cShe didn\u2019t say anything \u2013 she\u2019d just mind her own business.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re all in shock, I only saw her two days ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was a normal lady, nothing rowdy about the family or anything. It\u2019s such a shame.\u201d<\/p>\n
Detectives said \u201ca lot\u201d of people arrived at the family home following the tragedy and police needed to speak to anyone who had not been interviewed.<\/p>\n
Emergency services were called to the scene but nothing could be done to save Shaeen and she died at the scene.<\/p>\n
Police cordoned off the area on Sunday. Anyone with information should call police on 101 or Crimestoppers, in confidence, on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Neighbours have paid tribute to a woman who was\u00a0stabbed to death\u00a0in her own home. Shaeen Ahktar was fatally knifed in\u00a0Wright Road, Washwood Heath\u00a0, just before 4pm on Sunday, October 15. Her husband, Parvez Akthar, 46, is due at Birmingham Magistrates\u2019 Court on Tuesday accused of killing her. In a family statement, her five devastated children […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":24450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}