'Lucky to be alive' - Police renew plea to find attacker who left man with life-changing injuries
Detectives investigating a serious assault in Leeds, which left a man ‘lucky to be alive’, have renewed their appeal to trace his attacker.
The attack, which happened on Tempest Place, in Beeston, left the victim with significant life-changing injuries on January 28.
Police said the victim, Dawud Aslam, has long-lasting physical and mental health issues as a result of the assault, which is being investigated as an attempt murder.
And now ten months on, police are renewing their appeal for information to “get justice” for Mr Aslam.
Detective Constable Ian Duncan, of Leeds CID, said: “Significant enquiries have been going on behind the scenes but at this time we have not identified the person responsible for this horrific attack.
“Dawud was struck to the head multiple times and suffered a number of fractures to the skull. He had to undergo emergency surgery and is lucky to be alive.
“The physical and mental impact of this assault is something he is continuing to live with though. He has been left with cognitive issues and an understandable fear when going out that something like this will happen again.
“A lot can change in ten months, including people’s loyalties. It is possible that someone may have heard rumours at the time about who was involved but not thought it was worth passing that information on to the police as they had not witnessed the crime themselves.
“We want to get justice for Dawud, and I would urge anyone who has any information about this offence, however small it may seem, to please make contact.”
The offence happened at just after 8.30pm on Tuesday, January 28, on Tempest Place, Beeston.
A lone man approached Dawud and his brother as they were parked up unloading shopping from a car. He assaulted Dawud with a blunt weapon before then attacking Dawud’s brother after he tried to intervene.
The suspect is described as a man, wearing dark clothing with a hood up, a balaclava and light-coloured trainers.
If anyone has any information about this offence, it can be provided to Leeds CID online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk/LiveChat or by calling 101, quoting crime reference 13250052057.
Alternatively, you can pass information anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers via 0800 555 111 or online.