Police arrest two men on suspicion of stabbing NHS worker

Police have arrested two men on suspicion of murdering an NHS worker who was tragically stabbed two days before his father’s funeral.  

The Metropolitan Police arrested a 19-year-old man in Stratford on Friday afternoon after arresting a 17-year-old boy in Telford, Shropshire, on suspicion of murdering NHS worker David Gomoh. 

David Gomoh, 24, was stabbed to death in Newham,east London,  just two days before he was supposed to attend his father’s funeral who had died of coronavirus. 

Police have arrested a 19-year-old and a 17-year-old on suspician of murdering David Gomoh (pictured left). The NHS supply chain worker was stabbed to death In Newham, London, two days before he was supposed to attend the funeral of his father (pictured right) who had died of coronavirus

The family have gone through ‘unimaginable pain’ after David’s father, Ken Gomoh, died of coronavirus only to be followed by David being stabbed 100 metres outside his house on April 26. 

David staggered to his home with his stab wounds and shouted ‘mum help me’ before neighbours rushed to him and medics rushed him to hospital. 

Pictured: the scene on Freemasons road in Newham, London,  after launched an investigation into David’s murder 

David was a supply chain worker for the NHS at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London and his mother is a labour ward matron at Newham University Hospital. 

 On April 29 Police released a photo of the stolen silver Dodge Caliber that was used by David’s killers found abandoned minutes after the stabbing, half a mile away in Lincoln Road, Plaistow.

The car, which was stolen in Dagenham on April 16, had fake number plates and had previously been driven through a no entry sign from Cumberland Road.    

David’s killers stole a silver Dodge Caliber found abandoned minutes after the stabbing, half a mile away in Lincoln Road, Plaistow

Police believe he was murdered in murdered in a ‘totally unprovoked attack’. 

Detective Inspector Tony Kirk of the Met Police Specialist Crime Command said: ‘David’s family are going through unimaginable torment.

‘Within days his mother has seen the death of her husband and son; his sister has lost her brother and father, both are now heartbroken.

‘David was a young man who had worked hard to put himself through university and, like his mother, worked hard for the community in the NHS.’

David Gomoh was one of three others killed on the same weekend and one boy fighting for his life: 

David’s death came on a weekend where, in a separate incident, a man in his 30s was stabbed to death in the Midlands, and in another incident, on Saturday, a man died following an incident in Hackney. 

Three people were killed and one was left fighting for his life over the weekend. The fatal attacks were in Newham and Smethwick 

Pictured below is Karl Gallagher, 31, who suffered a stab wound to his heart after an incident outside West Cross Shopping Centre in Smethwick, West Midlands.

He died following the incident, which took place 4.40pm on Sunday, April 26. 

Eight people have been arrested after police launched a murder investigation.

Mr Gallagher’s death came as Britain endured a weekend of bloodshed that left two others dead and a 16-year-old boy fighting for his life in hospital.   

Police say two men aged 19, as well as a 21-year-old and a 20-year-old have been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Three others men, aged 20, 21 and 22, have been held on suspicion of assisting an offender.

A 24-year-old man has also been held on suspicion of obstructing police.

Officers say they raided six properties overnight, and continue to examine CCTV and mobile phone footage from the scene of the stabbing.

Detective Chief Inspector Jim Munro said: ‘We’ve made significant progress over the past 24 hours and are building up a clearer picture of the events of Sunday afternoon.’   

Also at the weekend, a 16-year-old boy was left in a critical condition after two separate knife attacks in the West Midlands.