An online campaign has raised almost £55,000 for the family of a shopkeeper who died after allegedly being attacked outside his newsagents.

Asad Shah, 40, was found with serious injuries outside his shop in Minard Road, in the city’s Shawlands area, on Thursday evening.

He was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Another man was injured in the incident, which happened shortly after 9pm.

On Friday afternoon, police confirmed that a 32-year-old man had been arrested in connection with Mr Shah’s death, which police are treating as “religiously aggravated”.

ADVERT

The gofundme page, which had raised £54,287 by Monday morning, says: “Mr Shah was a popular, well respected and much loved member of our community and his death has devastated many. He was a warm and friendly man and he always went out of his way to make time to talk to you – he was more than just our local shopkeeper. He was a friend to many.

“It quickly became clear to us in the aftermath of this tragedy that the people of Shawlands (and wider) were looking for a way to show their support to Asad’s family and we thought this would be a fitting way to do so.

We are raising funds for his family to use in whatever way they see most fitting – whether that be to contribute towards funeral expenses, provide financial security for his family in the coming months, or simply to do something in his memory.

“We know money will never make up for his loss but this is our way of showing our support for him, and showing his family how much he was cared for in our community.”

ADVERT

Local people laid tributes at the police cordon surrounding the shop on Friday.

Resident Isabella Graham, 64, said Mr Shah employed her daughter at the shop when she was younger and she cried when she called her to tell her the news.

She said: “He was an amazing, wonderful man, he couldn’t do enough for you. He wouldn’t hurt anybody. Nobody in Shawlands would have a bad word to say about him. I can’t believe he’s gone.”