Renewed appeal for Atek Hussain

Daughter pleads for information regarding brutal murder
Emdad Rahman

The daughter of a viciously murdered Bangladeshi man has renewed appeals for information about a murder committed 15 years ago. The deceased victim Atek, Hussain,(known as Shelim) 32, father of three, was knifed in the chest yards from his front door in Burnels Avenue, East Ham, East London, at 2.30 a.m. on Sunday, September 18th, 1994.


Mr. Hussain, who had just finished working at his restaurant in Croydon, managed to stagger to his home and tell his family that his attackers were “Asian” before collapsing.

Yasmin Hussain is anxiously looking for information that may provide a link or clues regarding the dreadful and fatal stabbing of her Father.

Yasmin described how her late Father after being attacked, had managed to crawl and stagger to his doorstep. Before collapsing, he had been able to tell family members that the attackers were Asian in origin.

The late Mr Hussain had returned home in the early hours after completing his working shift and duties at his family’s restaurant - Warlingham Tandoori.

After arriving home, he was attacked after he had locked his Vauxhall Cavalier and was strolling towards his front door.

His daughter Yasmin is restless; "As I’ve said many times, we cannot and won’t be able to rest until we find out who the perpetrators were that committed this attack on our father.

"Someone somewhere must know something about this incident and we ask them to please help us find our father's killer.I am seeking the help of the East London community to think back 15 years and see if they remember anything that may be connected to this murder.

"It has been fifteen years since our beloved Father’s tragic death and we refuse to give up hope of finally catching the person responsible."

A spokesman for the Murder Review Group said: "Mr Hussain was a devoted family man who worked hard to maintain his restaurant business.

"We now urge anyone who has information about this incident to contact Murder Review team or Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.