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# Man charged following Kesgrave cycle path stabbing
- URL: https://www.ipswich.co.uk/man-charged-following-kesgrave-cycle-path-stabbing/
- Published: 2025-05-04T07:28:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-16T15:13:13.000Z
- Description: A 21-year-old man from the West Midlands has been charged after a stabbing on a Kesgrave cycle path earlier this week.
- Author: Oliver Rouane-Williams
- Tags: News, Crime, #article, #story-kesgrave-stabbing, Suffolk Constabulary, #Import 2026-03-16 14:45

**Why it matters:** Police have now brought charges against the suspect in Thursday's stabbing incident, which led to the victim requiring hospital treatment.

**The details:** Yayha Luqmen, of Holyhead Road, Coventry, has been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

- Officers were called at 9:35am on Thursday, 1 May to reports of a fight involving two men on a cycle path near to Mead Drive.
- The victim – a man in his 20s – sustained stab wounds and was taken to hospital for treatment, but has now been discharged.

**What's next:** Luqmen appeared before Norwich Magistrates' Court yesterday morning (Saturday, 3 May), where he was remanded in custody pending a next hearing at Ipswich Crown Court on Tuesday, 3 June.

**The bottom line:** The suspect was initially located and arrested in Norwich on Thursday afternoon before being taken to Wymondham Police Investigation Centre for questioning, which has now resulted in formal charges.

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