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Police have charged two teenagers with wounding and robbery after two other teenagers were attacked in Solihull. The attacks took place in September and December 2023, as well as last month, say police.
Six people were arrested in connection with trouble at West Brom’s game against Wolves yesterday, as officers vowed to make further arrests in connection with the “unacceptable violence”. Four West Brom supporters and two Wolves fans were arrested, and all have since been bailed while the investigation continues, police have confirmed.
West Midlands Police have charged 46 men over Thursday night’s violence outside Villa Park. Of those, 43 have been charged with a public order offence, while two have been charged with assaulting police officers and another has been charged with possession of a knife.
Two 16-year-old boys, who were arrested after a man was attacked while walking home from a mosque in Birmingham last week, have been released on bail. The 73-year-old victim was left injured following the brutal assault as he walked home from Kings Heath Mosque on Wednesday (29 March).
Two teenage boys have been arrested after a worshipper was attacked in the street as he walked home from a mosque in Kings Heath. West Midlands Police said a 73-year-old man was attacked in York Road, Kings Heath, at around 11pm, on Wednesday (March 29.)
An anti-racist community group has condemned the attack against an elderly Muslim man who was savagely attacked by thugs as he walked home from a mosque in Kings Heath yesterday. Local residents and councillors have expressed shock at what has been described as a “racist” and “Islamophobic” attack by campaigners against hate crime.
Police are investigating after a pensioner was assaulted by three men on his way home from a mosque in Kings Heath. The victim, aged 73, was walking along York Road, when three men got out of a black vehicle which was parked on the street.
West Midlands Police have arrested five people after several fights erupted across Birmingham following the Birmingham City v Millwall match yesterday. A large operation was in place for the football fixture, say police, but incidents broke out across a large area of the city on Saturday (23 April). “The level of violence – which our officers put themselves…
A police drone guided officers to swoop in and arrest a wanted man as he tried to escape capture by climbing over fences and gardens in the Bordesley Green area of Birmingham on Wednesday. A violent man who had previously fled from police was finally captured on Wednesday (29 December) after officers received a tip…
Ruthless killer Zephaniah McLeod has been sentenced for murdering a young man and injuring seven others in a violent stabbing rampage in Birmingham last year. In September 2020, a series of stabbings over the course of a few hours in Birmingham city centre left seven people seriously injured and a young man dead, leaving the city shocked and…