A student who was fatally stabbed outside a sixth-form college fled “war-torn” Somalia when he was a toddler, his family has said.
Mohammed Sidali was attacked outside Joseph Chamberlain College, in Highgate, Birmingham, last Wednesday.
In a statement, relatives said Mohammed, known as Sidali, was an ambitious young man “fuelled” by his family’s flight from Africa.
Flowers have been laid outside the college since his death on Friday.
Family members said Sidali, who was born in Somalia, “had many ambitions and goals” and wanted to be an accountant.
They went on to say he was an “honourable young man who strived to do his best” for his family, “who came from poverty as they fled from a war-torn country when he was just a toddler”.
“He was a son, a brother, a cousin, a nephew and an amazing friend.”
A student who was fatally stabbed outside a sixth-form college fled “war-torn” Somalia when he was a toddler, his family has said.
Mohammed Sidali was attacked outside Joseph Chamberlain College, in Highgate, Birmingham, last Wednesday.
In a statement, relatives said Mohammed, known as Sidali, was an ambitious young man “fuelled” by his family’s flight from Africa.
Flowers have been laid outside the college since his death on Friday.
Family members said Sidali, who was born in Somalia, “had many ambitions and goals” and wanted to be an accountant.
They went on to say he was an “honourable young man who strived to do his best” for his family, “who came from poverty as they fled from a war-torn country when he was just a toddler”.
“He was a son, a brother, a cousin, a nephew and an amazing friend.”