On 4 May 1978, on local borough election night and against a background of agitation by National Front,[1] Ali was making his way to the bus stop after finishing work as a garment worker[5] at a sweatshop in Brick Lane.[1] He was chased along Brick Lane and stabbed to death near Aldgate Station[6] in a racially motivated attack[7] at St. Mary's Gardens, the site of the church of St Mary Matfelon[8] by St Mary's Churchyard, and the corner of Adler Street and Whitechapel Road.[4][9] Ali was stabbed in the neck, then staggered a few metres before collapsing.[3]