He added that his body would be returned to Afghanistan for burial.. One million assaults were recorded by police in England and Wales last year, setting a record for thuggery that overshadowed a drop in the overall crime rate. Police recorded 1,035,046 incidents of violence against the person in 2004-05, an increase of 8 per cent on the 955,800 the previous year, the Home Office said. More than half of the victims suffered an injury. Ministers insisted the increase in the total crime figure was proof of police success in tackling drunken rowdiness, as officers made more arrests, and also attributed some of the rise to changes in recording methods. He had come to Britain without being able to speak a word of English but had made enormous strides in his adoptive country. He excelled in class, he was going to sit his driving test this month after failing once before, and he dreamt of getting married in Britain one day and eventually becoming a computer expert.He would occasionally attend Friday prayers at a mosque but was a more regular face at a gym in nearby Hanwell. Mr Sharifi had managed to save enough money to buy himself a computer and was due to start a higher level IT course at the college in September.Abdul Wahib, from the Afghan embassy in London, said that although Mr Sharifi had friends and some distant relatives in the UK, his close family were not in this country.
To his flatmates, he was a sociable man who took pride in his appearance and was a great gym enthusiast with a diverse set of friends including Indian, Pakistani and English people. His fun-loving nature and hard work will never be forgotten."Mr Sharifi had rented a room in a flat-share with three other Afghanis in Hounslow for the past year. His tutor, Harminder Ubhie, who teaches English as a second language at West Thames College, was in tears as she described her "model student". "He started learning English at a beginner level when he first arrived He was a delight to have in the group," she said "He was always present. He became one of my top IT students."Ms Ubhie said that he had been something of an entertainer among his peers "He was the joker of the group.
He also always helped the new members of the group by showing them around the college, going out and helping them during the lessons. A British man who police want to question over the London bombings was reportedly arrested in Pakistan yesterday. In a separate development, the Government announced new powers to deport or exclude from Britain people who incite others to commit terrorist acts.Mr Sharifi had been returning from spending a night with some friends when he was caught in the blast. Those who have committed these crimes are the enemies of all of us, all over the world.
