CAMBRIDGE — Cambridge police mentioned Monday {that a} 21-year-old man has been charged with homicide and possession of a knife in a public place over the deadly stabbing of Saudi pupil Mohammed Yousef Al-Qasim, 20, in what officers described as an “unprovoked assault.”
The suspect, from Cambridge, is ready to look earlier than Peterborough Magistrates’ Court docket on Monday, August 4. A autopsy examination is scheduled for Tuesday.
A second man, aged 50 and likewise from Cambridge, was arrested on suspicion of aiding an offender and stays in custody, police mentioned.
In keeping with authorities, Al-Qasim was collaborating in a 10-week coaching program in Cambridge and learning English at EF Worldwide Language Campuses.
Police mentioned they had been referred to as to Mill Park at 11:27 p.m. on Friday, August 1, following stories of violence.
Regardless of paramedics’ efforts, Al-Qasim was pronounced lifeless on the scene at 12:01 a.m. on August 2.
Preliminary data signifies that the assault occurred after one of many suspects began a confrontation with Al-Qasim close to Mill Park, round a 10-minute stroll from his residence, earlier than stabbing him with a knife.
Two suspects have been arrested, whereas a 3rd stays at massive. — SG