All we can do is pray for Mum; MACHETE ATTACK: Agony of victim's family.Byline: By Gary Marks THE family of a Birmingham mother left to die after an unprovoked machete attack today spoke of their shock. Yuk yuk 1 Informal n. 1. An exuberant laugh. 2. One, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh. tr. & intr.v. Thai Yau, aged 60, underwent surgery yesterday at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital can refer to one of several hospitals named after either Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom or Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: Australia
Simon Wong, aged 31, one of her three children, speaking just before the operation, said: "The family are incredibly distressed by this situation and cannot describe how upset we are. "We are still in shock. "Mum is still being ventilated ven·ti·late tr.v. ven·ti·lat·ed, ven·ti·lat·ing, ven·ti·lates 1. To admit fresh air into (a mine, for example) to replace stale or noxious air. 2. and has been transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital where they will carry out the operation. "She is described as being in a serious but stable condition, but I'm a paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic and I know how subjective the word stable can be, so we are just hoping and praying she will pull through." Mrs Yau was attacked outside shops in Pershore Road, Edgbaston, near a Chinese residential home where she lived with disabled husband Wan Fat Wong. A 25-year-old man was due to appear before Birmingham magistrates today in connection with the attack. West Midlands Police West Midlands Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second largest in the United Kingdom after London's Metropolitan Police [1]. It covers an area with nearly 2. said he had been charged with two counts of attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. and one count of assault. Paramedics managed to save Yuk Yau's life at the side of the road last Thursday as she slipped in and out of consciousness. The suspected knifeman, who is believed to suffer from mental health problems, was arrested nearby by two police officers who both suffered knife wounds as they battled to disarm him. CAPTION(S): OP... Yuk Thai Yau.; DISABLED... husband Wan Fat Wong. |
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