Punjab girl stabbed to dying in London, household search authorities assist to convey again physique | World Information
3 min learnChandigarh, LondonUp to date: Jul 16, 2026 02:56 AM IST
A 24-year-old Sikh girl from Punjab was killed and a person in his 20s is admitted to hospital following a stabbing assault at a property in west London, the Metropolitan Police stated.
Kirandeep Kaur, from Piddi village in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, was discovered with stab accidents when officers attended the property on Uxbridge Street in Hayes with the London Ambulance Service on Sunday and pronounced lifeless on the scene “regardless of the efforts of emergency companies”.
The Met Police arrested 44-year-old Daniel Sean James, who appeared earlier than Willesden Magistrates’ Court docket on Tuesday, charged with homicide, tried homicide and possession of a bladed article.
“It is a stunning incident which has tragically resulted in a single girl shedding her life and one other man in hospital with accidents,” stated Detective Chief Inspector Allam Bhangoo.
“Our ideas right now are with each victims and their family members, who’re being supported by specialist officers. Our enquiries are within the early phases however we don’t consider there to be any wider risk to the general public,” he stated.
Bhangoo appealed to anybody who might have witnessed something or has info that might help the homicide investigation to contact the Met Police.
“We all know this incident could have triggered vital concern locally and residents can count on to see an elevated police presence within the space over the approaching days,” he stated.
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The police stated Kirandeep’s next-of-kin have been knowledgeable and are being supported by specialist officers.
Again dwelling in Tarn Taran, Kirandeep’s mother and father, Sukhdev Singh and Baljit Kaur, stated she had moved to to UK two years in the past on a scholar visa. She had been dwelling and dealing there after being granted a piece allow. Sukhdev stated they’d bought their farm land to ship her overseas hoping to safe a greater future for Kirandeep.
The sufferer’s brother Lovepreet Singh stated the household acquired a telephone name earlier within the day informing that Kirandeep has been killed.
Baljeet Kaur stated they nonetheless don’t know what precisely occurred in Hayes. “She had gone there for research. Now we have nobody there. We would like justice,” she stated, and appealed the Punjab and central governments to assist convey her physique again to Tarn Taran for the final rites.
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In the meantime, the injured man, in his 20s, discovered outdoors the property in Hayes with stab accidents stays in hospital, however his accidents should not believed to be life-threatening.
The Met Police stated officers had rapidly situated Daniel Sean James, who matched the suspect’s description, close by. He was arrested and brought to the hospital with accidents believed to have been triggered after leaping from a window.
Some teams have expressed considerations that the assault might have been an anti-Sikh hate crime, coming weeks after the conviction of a British Sikh man discovered responsible of the homicide of a youngster in south-east England in Might.
Vickrum Digwa, 23, was sentenced to life imprisonment over the deadly stabbing of 18-year-old Henry Nowak following a extremely charged trial the place Digwa tried a spiritual defence for his homicide weapon.
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The Sikh Community is presenting findings of a “spot survey” in Parliament on Wednesday that claims 40 per cent of respondents have skilled or witnessed anti-Sikh hate crimes because the trial.
