Birmingham Crown Court has acquitted eight men who were allegedly
involved in the killing of three British Muslims during the country’s
unprecedented unrest last year.
Press TV – Haroon Jahan and brothers Shazad Ali and Abdul Musavir were killed during last year’s unrest after they were hit by a car in Winson Green, Birmingham, Britain’s second largest city.
The three Muslim men were protecting public property and local
businesses against the looters when they were killed. Tariq Jahan,
Haroon’s father, won national praise after he brought calm in the
community and called for peace.
“The law and the justice system has let us down. Our community stood
against looters but we are not being treated as equals. Our sense of
disappointment over this verdict cannot be stated in words. We needed
justice desperately and we were promised that but we cannot trust the
criminal justice system anymore”, said Haroon’s father.
Hundreds of Muslims in Birmingham gathered outside a police
headquarters and called for a review of the criminal trial that saw
eight men acquitted of murdering the three Muslims.
“We’re not giving up this fight for the boys. I believe that we will
get some sort of justice. We’re going to fight but we’re going to fight
the legal way, I don’t want anybody to do anything silly or naïve”,
added Haroon’s father.
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