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18-Year-Old Charged in Fatal Eid Stabbing in Bradford

Mohammed Mehmood has been remanded to appear at Bradford Magistrates Court on charges including murder, attempted murder, assault causing actual bodily harm alongside public possession of a bladed weapon

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Overview

  • Nineteen-year-old Muhammad Junaid Khan was fatally stabbed during a fight involving knives on Loughrigg Street in West Bowling during Eid celebrations
  • West Yorkshire Police charged 18-year-old Mohammed Mehmood of Woodroyd Road with murder and additional offences late on June 10
  • Mehmood has been held in custody pending his first appearance at Bradford Magistrates Court this morning
  • Eight other men were arrested after the brawl with a 17-year-old bailed on suspicion of blackmail and several aged 24 to 27 released under investigation or bailed on affray and murder-related inquiries
  • Officers cordoned off the scene for forensic examination as local officials renewed calls to tackle rising knife crime in Bradford