It's been nearly forty years since an Asian boy was stabbed to death by his white classmate in Burnage. Whether the killing was racially motivated remains strangely contentious to this day
Thank you for this. It brought it all back to me. And, painful though it was to revisit all that anger, it is important. Ahmed Ullah should not be forgotten.
Thank you so much for informing us who weren't aware about Ullah's tragic death. I live a couple of miles from the school, passed it on the way to work every day for years and wasn't aware of this. The attitude of the school, police and the press around this time and subsequently is quite chilling. There should at least be a plaque at the school to remember him. My heart goes out to Ullah's family and friends.
Thank you for remembering this. I was 7 years old and was at nearby Ladybarn Primary school at the time. It was one of the first "news" stories I was aware of. So sad.
I missed this article on Saturday, but have just found it from the mention in today's Mill. It brings back so many memories.
This was obviously a racist murder, because the killer was driven by racial hatred.
I never knew Ahmed Iqbal Ullah, and only met his family after he died. As a chartered accountant and chartered tax advisor, in an unpaid voluntary capacity I helped to set up the first charitable trust in his memory. It is mentioned on the About Me page of my website, copied below, for reasons which will be self-evident.
"I am conscious how many of my values such as charitable giving are derived from my parents' example. My father's obituary mentions how he began the first fundraising for the Victoria Park Mosque. In 1987 when he read the Urdu translation of an appeal for a charity that I was helping to found in memory of Ahmed Iqbal Ullah, a boy stabbed to death in Burnage High School, Manchester, my father asked me to write out a cheque on his bank account for him to sign. It was the last cheque he ever signed, as he died shortly afterwards."
Thank you for this. It brought it all back to me. And, painful though it was to revisit all that anger, it is important. Ahmed Ullah should not be forgotten.
Thank you so much for informing us who weren't aware about Ullah's tragic death. I live a couple of miles from the school, passed it on the way to work every day for years and wasn't aware of this. The attitude of the school, police and the press around this time and subsequently is quite chilling. There should at least be a plaque at the school to remember him. My heart goes out to Ullah's family and friends.
Thank you for remembering this. I was 7 years old and was at nearby Ladybarn Primary school at the time. It was one of the first "news" stories I was aware of. So sad.
I missed this article on Saturday, but have just found it from the mention in today's Mill. It brings back so many memories.
This was obviously a racist murder, because the killer was driven by racial hatred.
I never knew Ahmed Iqbal Ullah, and only met his family after he died. As a chartered accountant and chartered tax advisor, in an unpaid voluntary capacity I helped to set up the first charitable trust in his memory. It is mentioned on the About Me page of my website, copied below, for reasons which will be self-evident.
"I am conscious how many of my values such as charitable giving are derived from my parents' example. My father's obituary mentions how he began the first fundraising for the Victoria Park Mosque. In 1987 when he read the Urdu translation of an appeal for a charity that I was helping to found in memory of Ahmed Iqbal Ullah, a boy stabbed to death in Burnage High School, Manchester, my father asked me to write out a cheque on his bank account for him to sign. It was the last cheque he ever signed, as he died shortly afterwards."