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Seven charged with murder as stab victim named

Chris Attridge
BBC News, Yorkshire
BBC/Michelle Lyons A line on blue and white police tape hangs across the front of the entrance to Crow Nest park. In the background a police van can be seen parked outside a large building. There are trees and grass either side of a path leading up to the building.BBC/Michelle Lyons
Police were called to Crow Nest Park in Dewsbury on Saturday evening

Seven men have been charged with murder after a man was stabbed in Dewsbury.

The victim, who police have now named as 36-year-old Shahmus Hussain, was attacked during disorder at Crow Nest Park, off Heckmondwike Road, in the Dewsbury Moor area of the town, on Saturday evening.

Paramedics and an air ambulance attended but Mr Hussain was pronounced dead a short time later.

West Yorkshire Police said the men, aged between 18 and 32, would appear before Leeds Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

The men, all from Dewsbury, were named as:

  • Saqlain Ali, 21, of Pilgrim Drive
  • Basit Ali, 31, of Pilgrim Drive
  • Sakeb Khan, 32, of Pilgrim Drive
  • Asim Akram, 20, of Pilgrim Crescent
  • Faizaan Akram, 18, of Pilgrim Crescent
  • Zeeshan Khan, 18, of Pilgrim Crescent
  • Asif Azeem, 23, of Groves Hall Road

A 44-year-old man arrested earlier in the week has been released under investigation while a 23-year-old man has been released on police bail.

Officers urged anyone with information to come forward.

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