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Mohammed Saleem's family and community members gather for a peace vigil in Small Heath following his brutal murder

How a community came together following the Islamophobic murder of Mohammed Saleem

Staff ReporterApril 29, 201901 mins

Only six years ago today, Ukrainian white supremacist terrorist Pavlo Lapshyn stabbed and murdered Birmingham pensioner Mohammed Saleem outside a mosque in Small Heath, within five days of arriving in the country. The savagery and viciousness of the unprovoked and premeditated assault shocked the city, and left a community in mourning.

Mohammed Saleem was murdered in Birmingham by a neo-Nazi terrorist, who also planted bombs at several West Midlands mosques in 2013

Mohammed Saleem’s family mark sixth anniversary of his brutal murder by neo-Nazi

Staff ReporterApril 29, 2019April 30, 201901 mins

Today marks the sixth anniversary of one of the worst terror incidents in the recent history of Birmingham. On April 29, 2013, Ukrainian white supremacist terrorist Pavlo Lapshyn stabbed and murdered Birmingham pensioner Mohammed Saleem outside a mosque in Small Heath, in the hope of starting a race war.