Man charged with the murder of young father stabbed to death in Birmingham street
A man has been charged with the murder young father Zakir Nawaz who was stabbed to death in a Birmingham street.
Mr Nawaz, 22, died from a single stab wound to the chest in the incident in Washwood Heath on September 10.
Waseem Azram has been charged with murder and appeared at Birmingham Magistrates Court this morning where he was remanded in custody until September 23.
The 29-year-old, of Ward End Close in Ward End, was arrested on Monday night.
Two other men, aged 18 and 43, were also arrested on suspicion of murder and assisting an offender respectively; both were bailed until a date in November pending further enquiries.
In a statement Zakir's wife Georgia said: "Our family has been left heartbroken as a result of Zakir 's murder. Zak was a loving husband, father, son and brother. I was his queen and Zak was my world."
A post-mortem revealed that father-of-two Zakir Nawaz died from a stab wound to the chest.
