Chilling moment 18-year-old runs for his life but is stabbed to death by gang of thugs before one killer flees to Pakistan

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Published: 08:19 EDT, 18 September 2026 | Updated: 08:19 EDT, 18 September 2026 A teenager was stabbed to death after he desperately ran for his life while a gang of thugs chased after him.Chilling CCTV footage shows Michael Ababio, 18, sprinting through Coventry in February as he tried to outrun his attackers after him on foot and e-bikes.But he was eventually cornered outside a library and knifed by the gang who left him for dead.The victim and his friend had initially escaped being chased by the four teenagers outside a mosque, but they were later targeted again by the gang which is when Mr Ababio was killed. Another man, aged 19, was also attacked and stabbed but survived. Ismail Nabeel, 18, from Coventry, admitted manslaughter but was found guilty of murder following a trial at Warwick Crown Court.A 17-year-old, who cannot be named, admitted murder, while Mahad Mohammed, 19, and Shakeel Ahmed, 18, previously admitted to manslaughter.One member of the group attempted to flee to Pakistan to avoid being arrested while the rest tried to lay low, police said. Michael Ababio, 18, was stabbed to death after he desperately ran for his life while a gang of thugs chased after him Chilling CCTV footage shows Mr Ababio (marked 1) sprinting through Coventry in February as he tried to outrun his attackers after him on foot and e-bikes He was eventually cornered outside a library and knifed by the gang who left him for deadIsmail Nabeel (left), 18, from Coventry, admitted manslaughter but was found guilty of murder following a trial at Warwick Crown Court. Mahad Mohammed (centre), 19, and Shakeel Ahmed (right), 18, previously admitted to manslaughterNabeel, Mohammed, Ahmed and the 17-year-old will be sentenced in October.Michael's twin brother paid a moving tribute to his sibling, saying most people 'won't know what it is like to have a twin, but I do'.He said: 'Michael was more than just a brother, he was my second half.'He aligned with everything that I liked. Words cannot express the pain we are all feeling right now.'Detective Inspector Nigel Box, who led the investigation, said: 'Michael's death was a tragic and senseless loss of life. He was attacked by this group, two of whom pursued and cornered him next to the library before stabbing him.'Ever since Michael's death, our officers have been working relentlessly to identify suspects, charge them and secure prosecutions.'We hope this conviction will bring some sense of justice for Michael's family and friends.'The level of premeditation which went into the killing, along with the lengths the four defendants went to in order to avoid arrest, shows how deliberate and knowingly wrong their actions were.'