Mr Abass' uncle Tariq Hussain said that the couple already had a four-year-old son.

BBC: Yasser Abass

Yasser Abass, 28, was attacked in Madison Avenue, Alumwell, in Walsall at about 00:20 BST on Saturday, and died in hospital.

BBC: Yasser Abass

Mr Abass had taken the weekend job delivering pizzas two weeks ago to buy things for his new baby, Mr Hussain said.

BBC: Yasser Abass

Mr Hussain said more than 1, 000 people attended Birchills Mosque and community centre on Thursday night after news of Mr Abass's death.

BBC: Yasser Abass

The last time this group of diplomats met, fighting was raging in the Gaza strip between Fatah, which backs moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abass, and Hamas, which the United States, the European Union and Israel have listed as a terrorist organization.

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