Family speak of attacks after care worker's death

The caller decease of a attraction idiosyncratic is being linked by her household to an anti-social incidental successful Newry, County Down.

Anu Olusanya died past week - days aft her household accidental she witnessed a pack of young radical attacking different idiosyncratic adjacent to her location successful the city.

Anu's brother, Gbenga Oluwasanya, told BBC News NI that she ran to a neighbour's location aft the incident, but arsenic she entered the house, the 46-year-old carer had an asthma attack, which led to aggregate bosom attacks.

She aboriginal died successful hospital.

Mr Oluwasanya said that Anu ran successful fearfulness due to the fact that she had been antecedently attacked connected 2 different occasions successful the aforesaid area.

"Words cannot picture what we are feeling close now," Mr Oluwasanya told BBC News NI.

He said his sister moved to Northern Ireland from Nigeria much than a twelvemonth agone to enactment successful the wellness attraction sector, adding that she had finished a 12-hour displacement connected the nighttime of the incident.

Mr Oluwasanya said Anu called the constabulary aft witnessing an onslaught portion walking location from enactment connected 24 August.

"She ran into a neighbour's location conscionable to instrumentality cover," helium added.

"As she came in, she couldn't accidental anything; she was gasping for breath."

The constabulary arrived wrong a substance of minutes and saw Anu struggling to breathe, according to Mr Oluwasanya.

"She thought she was moving for her life, but actually, unluckily she ran into her death."

Mr Oluwasanya explained his sister was frightened due to the fact that she had been attacked successful June erstwhile a lad threw liquid implicit her portion she was walking connected the thoroughfare successful "broad daylight".

"So they were known to her, and that's wherefore she knew she had to tally to support herself," helium said.

In a earlier incident, Mr Oluwasanya said the pack followed Anu to her location and were banging connected her doorway and "terrorising her".

He said Anu had reported some of those attacks to the police.

Anu's sister Lola Sonubi said the household has been "devastated" by her death.

"All our sister was doing, was trying to assistance idiosyncratic who they were attacking, and she has died."

Ms Sonubi, who lives successful England, described Anu arsenic a "very hard working, intelligent, kind, afloat of beingness and beautiful".

“This is simply a large nonaccomplishment for us, she was the past of five, some of america are the lone 2 girls."

She added that Anu has a 24-year-old lad who inactive lives successful Nigeria.

"Her lad is truly struggling, helium is not taking it good astatine all, we anticipation helium volition beryllium ok," Mr Oluwasanya said.

The household archetypal shared their communicative with the Newry Reporter newspaper.

The BBC has approached the Police Service of Northern Ireland for comment.