Funeral held for 17-year-old Yousef Makki, who was stabbed in Hale Barns this month A close friend of a teenager stabbed to death in Manchester has appealed for more police on the streets. Yousef Makki, 17, died after being stabbed with a knife in the suburb of Hale Barns this month. Yousef had hoped to become a heart surgeon and won a bursary to attend the prestigious private school Manchester Grammar when he was 11.