{"id":161331,"date":"2025-06-05T22:18:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T22:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/161331\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T22:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T22:18:15","slug":"attempted-murder-charge-after-stabbing-at-birmingham-property-left-man-fighting-for-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/161331\/","title":{"rendered":"Attempted murder charge after &#8216;stabbing&#8217; at Birmingham property left man fighting for his life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been charged with attempted murder after an alleged stabbing attack in Henley Street in Sparkbrook<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_JS371334080.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A man was &#8220;seriously injured&#8221; in a stabbing in Sparkbrook this afternoon, June 3. Pictured: The scene on Henley Street on Tuesday June 3(Image: Helen Newsam)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man has been charged with attempted murder following an alleged stabbing at a property in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> that left a man fighting for his life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The incident took place in Henley Street in Sparkbrook at around 1.15pm on Tuesday (June 3).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A 27-year-old man was said to have been \u2018seriously injured\u2019 after suffering from \u2018stab injuries\u2019 in the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-ambulance-service\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Ambulance Service<\/a> attended the incident and said they treated a man who was left in a \u2018critical condition\u2019 and was given \u2018advanced trauma care\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Read more: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/birmingham-stabbing-police-sparkbrook-breaking-31781314\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Man &#8216;seriously injured&#8217; in Birmingham stabbing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: \u201cWe were called to reports of a stabbing at an address on Henley Street in Sparkbrook at around 1.20pm on Tuesday (June 3).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cAn ambulance, paramedic officer, a MERIT (Medical Emergency Response Intervention Team) trauma doctor with a critical care paramedic and the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/warwickshire\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Warwickshire<\/a> and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance were sent to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cOn arrival, crews found a man in a critical condition. Ambulance staff administered advanced trauma care before he was conveyed to hospital via land ambulance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He was rushed to hospital and remains in a \u2018serious condition\u2019 more than 48 hours after the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get the latest BirminghamLive news direct to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Now, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> has charged a man with attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Gamil Alfakih, aged 38, of Rutter Street in Liverpool, is set to appear before Birmingham Magistrates\u2019 Court today (Thursday, June 5).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesperson for the force said: \u201cWe&#8217;ve charged a man after another man was found with stab injuries in Sparkbrook on Tuesday (3 June).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cWe were called to an address in Henley Street at around 1.15pm and discovered a man seriously injured. The 27-year-old remains in a serious condition in hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cGamil Alfakih, aged 38, has been charged with attempted murder and will appear before Birmingham Magistrates Court today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been charged with attempted murder after an alleged stabbing attack in Henley Street in SparkbrookA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,188,393,4884,55105,16,15,9733,8596,7830],"class_list":{"0":"post-161331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-sparkbrook","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-warwickshire","17":"tag-west-midlands-ambulance-service","18":"tag-west-midlands-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114633081093622788","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}