{"id":47525,"date":"2025-08-06T09:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T09:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/47525\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T09:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T09:03:08","slug":"two-more-murder-suspects-named-after-teen-19-stabbed-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/47525\/","title":{"rendered":"Two more murder suspects named after teen, 19, stabbed to death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three men have now been charged with Mohammed Afzal&#8217;s murder in Bury<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_Mohammed-Isa-Afzal.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Mohammed Isa Afzal<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police have charged two more suspects in connection with the death of a 19-year-old man in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/bury\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bury<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Emergency services descended on the Powerleague football complex car park, near Bury College on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/market-street\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Market Street<\/a>, last Friday evening (August 1).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Mohammed Afzal died at the scene. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/greater-manchester-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a> launched a murder investigation, with five suspects arrested over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Three of those suspects, all men aged 19, have now been charged in connection with Mr Afzal&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Never miss a story with the MEN&#8217;s daily Catch Up newsletter &#8211; get it in your inbox by signing up <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b8052254-66af-41f3-9dae-7bbb0e3391c6&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Biryan Ak, of Norman Grove, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/longsight\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Longsight<\/a> and Mohammed Rayhan, of Chauncy Road, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/failsworth-and-hollinwood\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Failsworth<\/a>, have both been charged with murder and violent disorder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The pair will appear at Manchester Magistrates Court today (August 6), GMP confirmed in a statement this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Abbas Hussain, previously of Windsor Crescent, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/prestwich\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Prestwich<\/a>, but now of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/bolton\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bolton<\/a>, was charged with murder and possession of a bladed article yesterday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He appeared in Manchester Magistrates Court, where he was remanded ahead of his next appearance. Two other men have since been bailed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754470988_255_0_Bury-murder-scene.jpg\" alt=\"Police at the scene on Sunday\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Police at the scene on Sunday(Image: Kenny Brown | Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Detective Chief Inspector John Charlton, from GMP&#8217;s Major Incident Team, said: \u201cThis investigation is progressing at pace and we have now charged three men in relation to Mohammed\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cEnquiries are ongoing in relation to the investigation, and Mohammed\u2019s family continue to be supported by specialist officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cAlthough we have secured these charges, we are still investigating the tragic circumstances that resulted in Mohammed\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Join the Manchester Evening News WhatsApp group <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/GY77Jy0SeCL8ZFZaNcWsVq\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cWe encourage anyone with information to come forward &#8211; either by contacting us directly or by reaching out to Crimestoppers anonymously.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Information can be passed on to GMP on 101 or <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"http:\/\/gmp.police.uk\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live Chat<\/a>, quoting log 3354 of August 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Alternatively, contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three men have now been charged with Mohammed Afzal&#8217;s murder in BuryMohammed Isa Afzal Police have charged two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2436,1343,924,26671,59,57,58,3221,50,2438,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-47525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-bury","tag-courts","tag-crime","tag-failsworth-and-hollinwood","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-longsight","tag-news","tag-oldham","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47525","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=47525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}