Four men charged with murder after Leicester stabbing

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Four men—Talha Satar (21), Said Mahamed (20), Husni Benramadan (19), and Yousouf Khan (18)—were charged with murder after 24-year-old Arad Niakan died from a stabbing in De Montfort Place, Leicester.

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Leicestershire Police charged a fifth man, Kassam Tarmahoomed (21), with assisting an offender in the murder investigation of Arad Niakan.

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Two men aged 52 and two women aged 43, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender in the Arad Niakan murder investigation, were released on bail by Leicestershire Police.

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A 33-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder in the Arad Niakan case was released with no further action by Leicestershire Police.

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Four men have been charged with murder after a 24-year-old man was killed in Leicester.

Arad Niakan died after being stabbed on Wednesday in De Montfort Place, off London Road, Leicestershire Police said.

The four men charged with murder are Talha Satar, 21, of Stoughton Street South, Spinney Hills; Said Mahamed, 20, of Sparkenhoe Street, Spinney Hills; Husni Benramadan, 19, of no fixed address; and Yousouf Khan, 18, also of no fixed address, the force said.

All four have also been charged with one count of having an imitation firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and another count of possession of a knife/bladed article in a public place.

A fifth man - Kassam Tarmahoomed, 21 - has been charged with assisting an offender, police said.

All five men are scheduled to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Monday.

Leicestershire Police said two men aged 52 and two women aged 43 who were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender as part of the investigation were released on bail.

Separately, a 33-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of murder has since been released with no further action, the force added.

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