Moment masked gunmen executed company boss revealed by worker tied up in horror raid -By Martin Fricker , Adam Aspinall

Mohammed Ashraf says two men in balaclavas burst into the warehouse, asked for businessmen Akhtar Javeed and led him away to be shot

Victim: Akhtar Javeed was shot in the neck

A friend of a businessman shot dead by masked gunmen has told of the terrifying moment his boss was executed during a suspected warehouse robbery.
Akhtar Javeed, 56, was blasted to death after he and three colleagues were tied up by two raiders when they burst into the business waving guns.
The balaclava-wearing suspects then identified the married father-of-four as the boss before leading him away.
Mohammad Ashraf, 48, one of the men tied up by the attackers, told the Mirror: “They were wearing masks and had guns, and tied the four of us up.
“Then they asked for Akhtar and took him away. I can’t remember if they said his name or asked for the boss.

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“The next thing is I heard the gunshot. I didn’t know what had happened.
“I didn’t see it, but it sounded like an execution. I freed one hand and rang the police on the landline.”
Armed police raced to the scene and found Mr Javeed with a gunshot wound to the neck.
Eyewitnesses described seeing him lying in a pool of blood in the road outside the warehouse near Birmingham city centre on Wednesday.

Mystery: Forensics officers at the scene

The Porsche-driving businessman, from Upton Park, East London, was still alive, but could not be saved and died a short time later in hospital.
West Midlands Police said the two murder suspects fled the scene in a getaway car and remain on the loose. It is believed Mr Javeed moved his catering supplies firm to Birmingham in 2014 after failed ventures in London.


He stayed in the West Midlands during the week and returned to his family home in London at weekends.
His wife Aisha was too upset to talk yesterday and was being comforted by relatives. Mr Javeed had four children – daughter Lilas, 30, son Sofiane, 24, and two younger sons Miran, 11 and nine-year-old Adyan.

Investigation: Police comb the scene

Mr Javeed’s friend and ex-colleague Talat Butt told the Mirror: “I’ve been told by people who were there that one man put Akhtar’s hand behind his back and another held him at gunpoint, and said, ‘give us the key to the safe’.
“Some other workers were in the other room being held by another gunman. They heard a gunshot outside and the robbers ran.”
Mr Butt, 49, added: “I’ve spoken to the family and everyone is very sad. He didn’t have any enemies. He was a very good person and everybody liked him.”
West Midlands Police said: “We believe this was a targeted attack and the purpose of the attack was robbery.”

Culled from The Mirror