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Birmingham has been rocked by a wave of brutal knife crimes during the month of February that have left three teenagers dead and several people in hospital with serious injuries. The city is in shock as casualties continue to increase, with seemingly random knife attacks taking place within days of each other, and everywhere from…
Chief Constable Dave Thompson of West Midlands Police has vowed to implement extensive stop and search powers for the foreseeable future, as police step up their efforts to tackle the rising surge of knife crime. He also pledged to continue extra patrols with additional officers in areas of Birmingham offering communities visible reassurance after the…
Detectives investigating a serious disorder that broke out between teenagers in Dale End yesterday have released CCTV images of more than 20 suspects they want to question. Trouble flared in High Street in the city centre, near Boots, just before 5.45pm and left three Birmingham teenagers with stab injuries.
Police officers swarmed into Dale End in Birmingham city centre this evening after initial reports of multiple stabbings, in which three individuals are believed to have been attacked near a McDonald’s restaurant. Following the incident, a huge police cordon has been put in place along Bull Street, where Dale End meets High Street. The cordon is in place half way up High Street…
Police officers swarmed into Dale End in Birmingham city centre this evening after initial reports of multiple stabbings, in which three individuals are believed to have been attacked near a McDonald’s restaurant. Following the incident, a huge police cordon has been put in place along Bull Street, where Dale End meets High Street. The cordon is in place half way up High Street…
Twelve stabbings in and around Birmingham have left the city shaken this past week, as Bank Holiday Monday began with news a double murder. Mother and daughter Khaola Saleem and Raneem Oudeh were tragically knifed to death in Solihull, triggering a national manhunt to trace the killer. A 21-year-old man has now been arrested on suspicion of the…
Janbaz Tarin has been charged with the murder of a mother and daughter who were fatally stabbed in Northdown Road, Solihull in the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday. Tarin, aged 21 of Stonebridge Crescent, Kingshurst and who was married to Raneem under Islamic Law, was sought by officers in connection with the murders and…