Murder detectives offer £20k reward in hunt for killer who stabbed Yaya Mbye Sankareh to death in Hackney in 2018 Laura Sharman
Detectives have put up a £20,000 reward in a bid to solve the murder of a young man stabbed to death in the stomach in 2018.
Three years on, grieving family and friends are still waiting for his killer to face justice.
Witnesses told the Evening Standard how Yaya was set upon by a gang of three or four men at around 11.30pm on January 28.
Police said he was repeatedly stabbed in the ‘pre-planned’ attack and his attackers fled in a silver Mercedes estate car which was later found destroyed.
Source: United Kingdom London Metropolitan Police
Detectives investigating the murder of a 26-year-old man in Hackney three years ago are offering a £20,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for his murder.
Yaya Mbye Sankareh was stabbed to death on the George Downing Estate in Stoke Newington at approximately 23:30hrs on 28 January 2018.
Despite an extensive investigation by the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, the case remains unsolved and those responsible for Yaya’s death are yet to be brought to justice.
Detective Chief Inspector Perry Benton, said: “We have not given up on our fight for justice and I believe this new reward offers an opportunity for those who haven’t come forward before to contact police.
Det Ch Insp Benton added: Three years have now passed since this tragic incident and I know that over time allegiances change and people who may have been afraid to speak to us before could now be willing to share information. We have been met by a wall of silence from the community but I want to reassure you that anything shared with officers would be treated sensitively.
A Map of the area where Yaya was killed.
- Credit: Metropolitan Police
He says no piece of information is too small and urges people who were in the area of the George Downing Estate off Alkham Road to think back to that night and try to remember if they saw or heard anything suspicious or, if a friend or relative was acting suspiciously in the days after Yaya s death.