UK police charge three with murder of Pakistani origin man

26 Jul, 2006

Police charged three men with murder on Tuesday following the death of a British-born man of Pakistani origin in a mass street fight in Preston, north-west England. Shezan Umarji, 20, a bank worker and business student, was stabbed in the brawl between around 50 white and South Asian youths early Saturday.
Lancashire Police Detective Superintendent Graham Gardener said three men, one aged 17 and two aged 19, had been "jointly charged with murder and violent disorder".

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