Posted on 08/05/2018 9:10:57 PM PDT by robowombat
'The whole of Bradford has been rocked': Thousands attend funerals of four men who died in police pursuit
Thousands of people have attended the funerals of four young men who died when their car collided with a tree while being pursued by the police.
Murtza Chaudhry and Arbaaz Hussain, both 21, Zeeshan Khalid, 20, and Tayyab Siddique, 22, died when the BMW they were travelling in crashed on Toller Lane in Bradford on Thursday.
All four were remembered by crowds of people in a park in the city on Saturday afternoon. Four hearses carried coffins of the dead. Four hearses carried coffins of the dead. Credit: PA Four hearses were driven into the packed field where the traditional prayers were said.
Before the ceremony, Imran Hussain, MP for Bradford East said he was born and brought up in the area.
He said: “I knew the young men and I know their families. The whole community is absolutely shocked and continues to be shocked.
“This is an extremely tragic loss of four very liked young men and the whole community is in mourning.
“People have turned up in their thousands to stand with the families.” Mourners look on as the four hearses arrive. Mourners look on as the four hearses arrive. Credit: PA Mr Hussain said all the men had “promising futures”.
He said: “The whole community has come together, to stand together and provide support for each other in these difficult times.”
The police watchdog is investigating the crash and has said that the BMW was being followed because it was moving at speed.
In a statement released on Friday, it said: “We understand at this time that the grey BMW 1 Series car in which they were travelling was pursued for a short time by an unmarked West Yorkshire Police car, due to excessive speed before the crash.
“All four men died at the scene.”
The police watchdog also confirmed that there was “no indication” that the police vehicle made contact with the car prior to the accident.
The IOPC also said that there was approximately one minute between the BMW being spotted by the police and it colliding with the tree at around 5.30am on Thursday, according to the evidence it has analysed.
Mr Hussain said there were some questions that need answering but said: “That’s not for today.”
Speaking to the crowd, Imam Mohammed Asim said: “The whole of Bradford has been rocked.”
He pointed to a number of similar incidents involving car crashes in the city and implored families to stop young men driving fast cars at speed.
The Imam said: “We cannot let this happen again.
“Their whole lives were ahead of them. But you see what one moment of madness can do?” Last updated Sat 4 Aug 2018
The Brits need about a million similar results....
Oh, well...
Four fewer jihadis, sounds like a win............
It is not the same Series 1 that attracted a nice following a few years ago.
Somehow this will get blamed on the police, even if they only saw the car speeding just a minute before the crash.
Where is this? Don’t tell me this is England. I read the whole article and saw the mention of West Yorkshire but I’m wondering if there’s a West Yorkshire in Pakistan or something looking at that pic.
The headline leaves it to your imagination that the police were in full pursuit of the beemer, which does not appear to be the case.
All males.
The report can convince readers that the police pursuit played a role in the crash.
what was their BAC?
I’m just guessing but I think it’s Pennsylvania
Murtza Chaudhry and Arbaaz Hussain, both 21, Zeeshan Khalid, 20, and Tayyab Siddique, 22, died running from police. Car hit tree.
moral of story....stop when police pull you over.
I was thinking maybe that as well... should have stopped if life met anything to them...it didn’t.
Britain will be knee deep in blood before the muzzies are finished. I hope the elites who let them in are not forgotten in the process.
I’m guessing that we will probably here from Imran again. Something like “Is it any wonder that these four promising young men with dark skin tried to escape the car following them? An unmarked car, following them - questions remain if the police lights were ever turned on. The rise of hate crimes against muslims must be stopped. The fear our young men live in led directly to this tragedy. One small step would be to having only muslim police patrolling our neighborhoods.”
Oh, God... is the tree okay???
I see. Well then, has the tree been properly cited for failure to yield?
What a tragic waste of a good car.
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