BEINSMARTSIDE UK Two men charged with murder after boy, 16, killed in hit-and-run

Two men charged with murder after boy, 16, killed in hit-and-run

June 8, 2025June 8, 2025 | .. | 0 Comment | 3:51 pm
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Police men standing outside a police car (Left) and Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Al Yazidi (Right)
Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Al Yazidi died after the crash on Wednesday (Picture: PA)

Two men have been charged with murder after a 16-year-old boy died in a hit-and-run in Sheffield.

Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Al Yazidi was walking along Staniforth Road in Darnall when he was hit by a car on Wednesday afternoon.

He died from his injuries in hospital shortly afterwards.

The car, a grey Audi, failed to stop at the scene of the collision after appearing to hit an 18-year-old riding an electric bike who was hospitalised with serious injuries.

Zulkernain Ahmed, 20, and Amaan Ahmed, 26, have now been charged with murder and three counts of attempted murder, South Yorkshire Police said.

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Both men, of Locke Drive in Sheffield, will appear at Sheffield magistrates court on Monday, June 9.

Flowers left at the scene in the Darnall area of Sheffield after a teenage pedestrian died in a collision involving an electric bike and a grey Audi. South Yorkshire Police said officers were called to reports of a road traffic collision on Staniforth Road shortly after 4.50pm on Wednesday. A 16-year-old male pedestrian was taken to hospital but died of his injuries, while an 18-year-old man, who was the rider of the electric bike, remains in hospital with serious injuries. It was reported that the grey Audi failed to stop at the scene. Picture date: Thursday June 5, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE Sheffield. Photo credit should read: Dave Higgens/PA Wire
Flowers left at the scene (Picture: Dave Higgens/PA Wire)

Two other people, a man aged 46 and a woman aged 45, were previously arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. They are still on police bail.

Abdullah had recently arrived in the UK from Yemen ‘for a better future’, his family said.

His relatives and friends said he was devoted to his family and would ‘light up their faces with a big smile’.

He arrived in the UK from Yemen a couple of months ago, and had devoted himself to learning English ahead of starting at college in September.

Abdullah’s relative Saleh Alsirkal runs the corner shop on Staniforth Road which the teenager visited just before the crash.

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He said that he had a hospital appointment earlier in the afternoon and popped into the store, as he often did, before heading off to find some food.

Mr Alsirkal said: ‘His dad brought him over to change his life, to get a better future for his son, but this has happened and destroyed everything.’

Mr Alsirkal said Abdullah was a ‘kind boy’ who just wanted to look after his family, and was really enjoying learning English.

‘Every time he had a new word to learn he was so excited about it,’ he said.

‘It meant a lot to him and he learned quick. Sometimes he would stay in the shop just so he could talk to people. He tried to be friends with everyone.’

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