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The mother of a woman stabbed to death as she pushed a pram through Bradford has said her “heart is broken”.
Kulsuma Akter, 27, died in hospital after being attacked while walking with her baby along Westgate on Saturday.
Her husband, Habibur Masum, 25, appeared in court on Wednesday charged with her murder.
Speaking from her home in Bangladesh, Ms Akter’s mother, Monwara Begum, said: “I am in shock. She was my youngest daughter and I adored her greatly.”
“She looked after me when my eldest daughter was married, and she would get my medicine and do everything for me,” she said.
“When she moved to the United Kingdom I was alone, but Kulsuma would call me every day by video. The only day I didn’t hear from her was the day she was attacked.”
Ms Akter had been living in Oldham after arriving in the UK from Bangladesh two years ago as a student, along with her husband.
She was found seriously injured at about 15:21 BST on 6 April when officers were called to the junction of Westgate and Drewton Road in the city centre.
She was taken to hospital but later died. Her baby son was not harmed in the attack.
Mr Masum, of Leamington Avenue, Burnley, was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire – 170 miles away from where Ms Akter was stabbed – and charged with murder and possession of a bladed article.
He appeared at Bradford Magistrates’ Court earlier where he was remanded to appear at the city’s crown court on Friday.
Wearing a grey sweatshirt, he spoke only to confirm his name, age and address during the six-minute hearing.
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