Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Iraqi Kurd on park murder charge

A 22-year-old Iraqi Kurd has been charged with murdering a fellow countryman who was stabbed in a park.

The victim, 20, of Portsmouth, died in hospital on Monday after a fight in the Queen Elizabeth Country Park near Petersfield, Hampshire, on Saturday.
Fakher Mohammed, also from Portsmouth, is due to appear at South East Hampshire Magistrates Court later.
Two men, aged 32 and 26, who had also been in custody, have been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
two other men are currently on police bail in connection with the death.

A woman, 20, also arrested, was freed with no further action to be taken.
The victim has yet to be formally identified.
Police said earlier that there had been a large annual gathering of Iraqi Kurdish families at the park

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