A neighbour and close friend of Raish Ahmed who was brutally stabbed to death in Newham, London on Saturday, October 5 has narrated the gory incident.

Mohammad Hasan who was a close friend and neighbour of Raish in Custom House, Newham has been left traumatised since the incident.

According to him, he relives it every time he walks out his front door.

The late 50-year-old Raish has been described as very friendly and softly spoken.

According to local media reports, police found him with stab wounds and he was rushed to hospital, but he sadly died from his injuries two days later. A teenage boy was found with a slash injury and neighbour, Mohammad Hasan, was also attacked. Both survived their injuries, which were assessed as not life-threatening.

Daniel Whybrow, 46, of Hartington Road has been charged with murder, as well as grievous bodily harm against the teenage boy and threats to kill, and racially aggravated assault by beating, as well as the possession of an offensive weapon.

Mr Whybrow is due to appear at Central Criminal Court on Monday, January 6 next year, MyLondon reports.

Mr Hasan says he feels ‘totally hopeless’, has found it difficult to concentrate at work and has been struggling to sleep at night.

He reportedly claimed to have attended counselling sessions for his anxiety and trauma.

He allegedly spoke out against Newham Council as he didn’t feel like he and Mr Ahmed’s family have been supported enough as they were still waiting to be rehoused away from where the incident happened.

The magazine quoted authorities as saying: “The Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) understands Mr Ahmed’s family are staying with friends as they also haven’t been rehoused by the council. A council spokesperson told the LDRS they haven’t been able to relocate Mr Hasan as there’s a limited number of council homes available.”

“The way the council has treated us after the incident is more heartbreaking and instead of supporting us they are just playing with us. I don’t feel like we’ve been fairly treated, the local authority has not treated us fairly, we are being discriminated against. They are not listening, they are not helping us with our state of mind,” Muhammad is quoted.

According to him, he and his wife feel scared whenever they go outside, and are constantly looking over their shoulder because they feel unsafe.

“Every day I am just looking at the spot where [Mr Ahmed] was stabbed, it’s automatic – I’m just looking there, I can’t move myself, I’m trying to move myself and I don’t want to look there but still I’m just looking there. We are just feeling very scared like somebody is around us, we are [staring at] everybody which is not a good thing… it looks very unsocial but because of our anxiety, we are in a very worrying situation,” he said.

Muhammad’s relationship with Raish is said to be so close he saw him as a brother.

Raish worked as a security officer at a museum and was described as having a gentle yet funny personality, always talking to his neighbours and looked after his wife and their children.

“It’s very difficult, when I’m going outside or coming inside the whole scenario is in front of my eyes. [Mr Ahmed] was very much close to us like a brother, like family and every night we watched a movie together and went outside like a family. This incident is just stuck in my mind, I still imagine him calling me to ask, ‘Where are you? What are you doing?’” Muhammed narrated.