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BBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe recent death of a care worker is being linked by her family to an anti-social incident in Newry, County Down.<\/p>\n Anu Olusanya died last week – days after her family say she witnessed a gang of young people attacking another person close to her home in the city.<\/p>\n Anu’s brother, Gbenga Oluwasanya, told BBC News NI that she ran to a neighbour’s home after the incident, but as she entered the house, the 46-year-old carer had an asthma attack, which led to multiple heart attacks.<\/p>\n She later died in hospital.<\/p>\n Mr Oluwasanya said that Anu ran in fear because she had been previously attacked on two other occasions in the same area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “Words cannot describe what we are feeling right now,” Mr Oluwasanya told BBC News NI.<\/p>\n He said his sister moved to Northern Ireland from Nigeria more than a year ago to work in the health care sector, adding that she had finished a 12-hour shift on the night of the incident. <\/p>\n Mr Oluwasanya said Anu called the police after witnessing an attack while walking home from work on 24 August. <\/p>\n “She ran into a neighbour’s house just to take cover,” he added.<\/p>\n “As she came in, she couldn’t say anything; she was gasping for breath.”<\/p>\n The police arrived within a matter of minutes and saw Anu struggling to breathe, according to Mr Oluwasanya.<\/p>\n “She thought she was running for her life, but actually, unfortunately she ran into her death.”<\/p>\n Mr Oluwasanya explained his sister was frightened because she had been attacked in June when a boy threw liquid over her while she was walking on the street in “broad daylight”.<\/p>\n “So they were known to her, and that’s why she knew she had to run to protect herself,” he said. <\/p>\n In a earlier incident, Mr Oluwasanya said the gang followed Anu to her home and were banging on her door and “terrorising her”.<\/p>\n He said Anu had reported both of those attacks to the police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Anu’s sister Lola Sonubi said the family has been “devastated” by her death. <\/p>\n “All our sister was doing, was trying to help somebody who they were attacking, and she has died.”<\/p>\n Ms Sonubi, who lives in England, described Anu as a “very hard working, intelligent, kind, full of life and beautiful”.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a big loss for us, she was the last of five, both of us are the only two girls.”<\/p>\n She added that Anu has a 24-year-old son who still lives in Nigeria.<\/p>\n “Her son is really struggling, he is not taking it well at all, we hope he will be ok,” Mr Oluwasanya said. <\/p>\n The family first shared their story with the Newry Reporter newspaper. <\/p>\n The BBC has approached the Police Service of Northern Ireland for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\")
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OLUWASANYA FAMILY <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n‘Intelligent, kind, full of life’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n