{"id":451899,"date":"2026-03-01T11:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T11:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/451899\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T11:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T11:38:08","slug":"the-full-story-of-what-happened-outside-birmingham-city-centre-nightclub-as-violence-erupted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/451899\/","title":{"rendered":"The full story of what happened outside Birmingham city centre nightclub as violence erupted"},"content":{"rendered":"

One man was left with life-changing injuries following the deliberate attack\"Mohammed<\/p>\n

Mohammed Suffi<\/p>\n

A Birmingham driver was jailed for more than 11 years after running over pedestrians outside a nightclub – leaving one with life-changing injuries.<\/p>\n

The incident happened on October 4, 2024, when a group of men were thrown out of Tunnel Club following a dispute with a man inside.<\/p>\n

Once outside, the group became aggressive with security and sought to get back into the city centre club.<\/p>\n

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All were involved in kicking or punching at the door and were repeatedly told to leave.<\/p>\n

Eventually, they made their way back to a Mercedes SUV vehicle which was being driven by Mohammed Suffi.<\/p>\n

The group remained outside in the car to wait for the man they had argued with.<\/p>\n

As the club emptied, the men got out of the Mercedes and approached the man which led to a fight.<\/p>\n

Suffi, aged 22, then ran into nearby Water Street before getting into the driver\u2019s door of the grey Mercedes.<\/p>\n

He drove the vehicle towards people who had left the club and were stood in the road.<\/p>\n

People jumped out of the way, but some were struck by the car, although none were seriously injured.<\/p>\n

Suffi then drove around the block and back towards the club again, intent upon further confrontation.<\/p>\n

As Suffi drove past the club again, his friend, Mustafa Gohari, got out the car and punched someone in the street.<\/p>\n

Fighting began and Gohari ended up on the floor, causing Daanyal Hussain to get out of the vehicle.<\/p>\n

Hussain briefly involved himself in the violence but backed away and returned to the car.<\/p>\n

Suffi then reversed and as he did so, Gohari and the victim, moved into the middle-of-the-road as they grappled.<\/p>\n

They were about a car\u2019s length in front of the Mercedes when Suffi pulled quickly away and drove at the victim intending to hit him with the car.<\/p>\n

As he did, the victim fell to the ground.<\/p>\n

Suffi made no attempt to stop and instead continued forward driving over the victim with both sets of wheels.<\/p>\n

He also drove over his friend, Gohari, who was towards the nearside of the car.<\/p>\n

No fatal injuries were caused despite Suffi’s intention.<\/p>\n

Having driven in that way, Suffi drove to the top of the road, turned his car around and drove back down towards the club.<\/p>\n

There were people in the road, and Suffi drove at them causing people to leap out of the way.<\/p>\n

As the injured victim was pulled onto the pavement by members of the public, Suffi veered towards another man who was stood in the road.<\/p>\n

He struck him with the vehicle, causing him to fall to the floor, but fortunately, that man got up and was not seriously injured.<\/p>\n

The victim suffered multiple fractures and told police after that he felt terrible pain and feared he would die. His injuries have been life changing.<\/p>\n

The car was located in Oldbury the following day.<\/p>\n

Police used CCTV, mobile phone, and witness evidence to identify Suffi as the driver, and the three other men as being involved.<\/p>\n

Suffi went on the run and fled the country. He was arrested in June last year.<\/p>\n

Last December at Birmingham<\/a> Crown Court, Suffi, of Hampton Road, Aston, was found guilty of wounding.<\/p>\n

He had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to affray and dangerous driving.<\/p>\n

Armaan Abid, 23, of Bayswater Road, Birmingham, Daanyal Hussain, 21, of Geraldine Road, Birmingham, and Mustafa Gohari, aged 21 of Broad Road, Birmingham, had all earlier admitted affray.<\/p>\n

All were sentenced on February 27. The other three men were each given 11 month prison sentences, suspended for 18 months.<\/p>\n

Suffi was jailed for 11 years and six months, and banned from driving for more than 10 years.<\/p>\n

He will have to serve two thirds of his sentence before he can be considered for release.<\/p>\n

Det Insp Michelle Cordell, from the Major Crime Unit, said: \u201cThis was appalling violence by four men intent on retribution.<\/p>\n

“In Suffi\u2019s case, the use of a car as a weapon could easily have resulted in people being killed and it is by pure luck that they weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuffi clearly had no regard for others and in that moment, was determined to inflict serious harm.<\/p>\n

“His sentence today delivers justice and my thoughts remain with the victim and his loved ones, as he continues to adapt and rebuild his life\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One man was left with life-changing injuries following the deliberate attack Mohammed Suffi A Birmingham driver was jailed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[44367,98168,924,59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-451899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-birmingham-city-centre","tag-birmingham-nightclubs","tag-crime","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}