British Charity Worker Stabbed in U.S. Trying to Protect Friend

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A London charity worker was stabbed to death in Washington DC as he tried to protect a female friend from being sexually assaulted by muggers.

Alan Senitt, a former member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and a Labour candidate in Edgware in the May elections, had moved to work in the US capital just two weeks ago, Scotsman reports.

As the 27-year-old walked home with a woman friend in the early hours on Sunday, they were confronted by four muggers who demanded all their cash and belongings. A row followed and Senitt was stabbed. He was pronounced dead at the scene shortly afterwards. Two men, a youth and a woman have been charged with murder. One of the men was also charged with intention to commit sexual assault.

Alan Senitt's grief-stricken family said he was "a champion of peace and goodwill" who worked to promote Muslim-Jewish relations around the world. Lord Janner described him as "bright, hard-working and outstanding".