Two 12-year-old boys have been charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death in Wolverhampton.
Shawn Seesahai, 19, was killed on Monday evening.
The boys have also been charged with possession of a bladed article.
Both children, who cannot be named due to their age, have been remanded in custody to appear at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
Mr Seesahai died after an incident in Laburnum Road in East Park at around 8.30pm on Monday.
In a statement released via West Midlands Police, the teenager’s mother said: “Shawn Seesahai was a courageous, compassionate and confident young soul who sadly lost his life at the age of 19.
He “cared deeply about his friends and family” and “absolutely loved to help people”, she said.
Mr Seesahai was “looking forward to accomplishing many future plans and ambitions”, she added.
“He was a generous person and had a good personality.
“We will always have him in our hearts.”
The force said it had increased dedicated patrols in the area following the tragedy.
The two boys were arrested on Tuesday, when DCI Dave Sanders, from the homicide team, said: “Our thoughts remain with Shawn’s family, who have been fully updated with this latest development.
“Our investigation is moving at pace and we continue to encourage anyone with information to contact us.”
People have been urged not to speculate on social media and to allow detectives to “continue with our investigation to achieve justice for Shawn’s family.”
Two teenagers have been charged for writing “Free Palestine” on Rochdale Cenotaph.
On Tuesday, the war memorial in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, was spray painted with the slogan in red.
Today, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said two men have been charged with racially aggravated criminal damage, with one also accused of theft, after they were arrested on Tuesday.
The force said neither of the teenagers could be legally identified due to their ages, and added both had been released on bail.
GMP declined to give the ages of the defendants. A court date has yet to be fixed.
Detective Chief Inspector Stuart Round said: “I hope the swift charges provide some reassurance to the public that our investigation is moving at pace.
“I understand the emotional distress that has been caused in the local community by the damage to the cenotaph and our team of detectives will continue working tirelessly to hold those responsible to account.”
Image: Detective Chief Inspector Stuart Round said: ‘I hope the swift charges provide some reassurance.’
After the incident on Tuesday, GMP officers have been stationed by the memorial, which stands yards away from the police station.
Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the Rochdale memorial, as well as the Cenotaph in Whitehall.
The northern cenotaph is one of seven based outside of London, and was unveiled in 1922.
Five people have been charged, the Metropolitan Police said, following pro-Palestinian protests in London.
The force arrested a total of nine people – two on suspicion of assaulting police officers and seven for alleged public order offences – as tens of thousands took to the streets of the capital on Saturday to stand against Israel’s bombing of Gaza, along with counter-demonstrations.
Two other women were held on suspicion of inciting racial hatred on Sunday morning following an incident in Trafalgar Square.
The Met have faced criticism of their policing of the march, where more than 1,000 police officers were on duty.
The five people charged are:
• Kadirul Islam, 33, of no fixed address, has been charged with a racially aggravated public order offence after allegedly shouting racist abuse.
• Emma Turvey, 51, from Grays, Essex has been charged with a public order offence after a can of beer was allegedly thrown at a protestor in Whitehall.
• Atif Sharif, 41, of Walthamstow, east London, has been charged with causing actual bodily harm after an officer was allegedly assaulted and suffered a head injury.
• Laura Davis, 22, of Barnet, north London, has been charged with a racially aggravated public order offence relating to an incident near Piccadilly Circus where an allegedly racist and threatening placard was displayed.
• A 16-year-old boy, who cannot be identified because of his age, has been charged with a public order offence after verbal abuse was allegedly directed at officers escorting protesters.
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with a public order offence after a climate protest in central London.
Thunberg, 20, was among 26 people charged over a protest outside the the InterContinental Hotel in Mayfair on Tuesday while oil executives met inside as part of the Energy Intelligence forum.
Officers said they imposed conditions to “prevent disruption to the public” and asked the protesters to move from the road onto the pavement.
The force said this would have allowed the demonstrators to continue protesting legally.
The Metropolitan Police said Thunberg, whose address was given as Dorset, has been charged with failing to comply with a condition imposed under Section 14 of the Public Order Act.
She and others were bailed to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 15 November.
Industry leaders from Shell, Total, Equinor, Saudi Aramco and other oil giants had been at the forum which was the focus of the demonstration which was organised by Fossil Free London.
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Thunberg told reporters at the protest: “The world is drowning in fossil fuels. Our hopes and dreams and lives are being washed away by a flood of greenwashing and lies.
“It has been clear for decades that the fossil fuel industries were well aware of the consequences of their business models, and yet, they have done nothing.
“The opposite – they have actively delayed, distracted and denied the causes of the climate crisis and spread doubts about their own engagement in it.”
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A 31-year-old man has been charged with a public order offence after an image of a six-year-old Sunderland fan who died of cancer was displayed at a football match.
Dale Houghton, from Rotherham, will appear before Sheffield Magistrates’ Court on Monday morning in connection to the incident, which took place at a match between Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland on Friday.
Police said they have also applied for a football banning order.
A 27-year-old man, also arrested on Saturday, has been released on police bail while further enquiries are conducted.
Houghton was remanded in custody.
Following the incident, more than £11,000 has been raised for The Bradley Lowery Foundation, a charity set up after his death in 2017.
The Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Women’s Supporters’ Group set up a GoFundMe page on Saturday, which has now smashed its initial £5,000 target.
The funds will go towards a holiday home that the foundation is building in Scarborough, to help bereaved families and children going through treatment.
In a statement, the foundation said it was “overwhelmed” by the support and wanted to thank everyone who has contacted the charity.
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Sheffield Wednesday also released a statement shortly after the incident apologising to Bradley’s friends and family.
The young football fan was diagnosed with rare childhood cancer neuroblastoma when he was just 18-months-old. He died in 2017.
On Sunday, Lynn Murphy, co-founder of the foundation, said Bradley brought rival teams within the game together.
“He went through some gruelling treatments, but he always did it with a smile on his face, and that smile is the thing that everyone remembers him for,” she told Sky News.
He was a mascot for both Sunderland and England and also struck up a close bond with striker Jermain Defoe, who called him his “best mate”.
Firearms officers are “understandably anxious” after a force marksman was charged with the murder of Chris Kaba, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has said.
Mr Kaba, 24, died in Streatham Hill, southeast London, in September last year after he was shot through an Audi car windscreen.
The officer accused of his murder, named only as NX121 after an anonymity order was granted by a district judge, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court and the Old Bailey on Thursday.
Sir Mark Rowley said he has met with 70 firearms officers who operate all across London after the murder charge.
He said he understands “why many of them are reflecting on the potential price of such weighty responsibilities”.
The Met Commissioner also said officers were anxious “as they consider how others may assess their split-second decisions years after the event, with the luxury of as much time as they want to do this”.
Image: Chris Kaba died in September last year
In a statement, Sir Mark said: “This week a Met firearms officer was charged with murder following the fatal shooting of Chris Kaba.
“I cannot talk about that case specifically as proceedings are very much active and I am mindful of the impact this is having on all those directly affected.
“On Thursday I met with 70 firearms officers to reflect on the events of this week.
“Like me, they understand the importance of transparency and accountability, and recognise the awful effect on everybody involved on the very rare occasions when lethal force is used by the police.
“That impact is exacerbated by the very slow speed that investigations, trials, inquests and hearings run at, meaning the lives of everyone affected are on hold for many years.”
Image: Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley
Sir Mark continued: “They were understandably anxious as they consider how others may assess their split-second decisions years after the event, with the luxury of as much time as they want to do this, and the effect this can have on them and their families.
“As I continue my work today, our firearms officers are on patrol deployed on proactive crime and counter-terrorism operations as they are every day.
“They are not only prepared to confront the armed and dangerous to protect London’s communities but they do so recognising the uniquely intense and lengthy personal accountability they will face for their split-second operational decisions.
“Indeed, I understand why many of them are reflecting on the potential price of such weighty responsibilities.
“Bravery comes in many forms.
“When officers have the levels of uncertainty and worry I saw in my colleagues today, simply going in and doing their jobs not knowing what incidents are ahead of them is courageous.”
In the moments before the shooting, Mr Kaba had driven into Kirkstall Gardens and collided with a marked police car.
The officer fired one shot and hit Mr Kaba in the head.
Recorder of London Mark Lucraft KC told the marksman that a plea and trial preparation hearing will be listed for 1 December, with a possible trial date of 9 September next year.
NX121 was released on bail on the conditions that he lives at a named address, surrenders his passport and does not apply for international travel documents.
Three people have been charged with the murder of 10-year-old Sara Sharif.
Surrey Police said the Crown Prosecution Service authorised charges against Sara’s father, Urfan Sharif, 41, his partner, Beinash Batool, 29, and his brother, Faisal Malik, 28, all of Hammond Road, Woking.
They have also been charged with causing or allowing the death of a child.
All three will appear before magistrates in Guildford today.
They were arrested on Wednesday evening at Gatwick Airport as they disembarked a flight from Dubai.
In a statement, Surrey Police said: “Sara’s mother has been informed of this latest development and is being supported by specialist officers.”
Image: Urfan Sharif, left, and Beinash Batool. Pic: AP
Image: Faisal Malik
The trio travelled to Pakistan a day before police discovered Sara’s body in her home in Woking on 10 August.
Five of Sara’s siblings, aged between one and 13 years old, also travelled to Pakistan on 9 August with them.
A post-mortem found Sara had suffered “multiple and extensive injuries” over a “sustained and extended” period of time.
Daniel Khalife has been charged with escaping custody at HMP Wandsworth, the Metropolitan Police said.
The terror suspect went missing from prison on Wednesday and was arrested in a London suburb on Saturday – ending 75 hours on the run.
Khalife reportedly laughed as he was apprehended in Northolt on Saturday morning – not long after a plain-clothes police officer pulled him off a bike on a canal towpath.
The former soldier was working in the prison kitchen and was wearing a cook’s uniform when he disappeared. He is believed to have held on to straps on the underside of the truck to make his escape.
Khalife, 21, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
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About 40 inmates of HMP Wandsworth have been moved out of the prison after Khalife’s escape, the Justice Secretary told Sky News’ Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips.
Alex Chalk said the preliminary findings of his investigation had found the relevant procedures and security staff were in place – but it was still to be established whether they had been followed.
Dozens of individuals on remand had been moved to different sites “out of an abundance of caution”, he said.
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Khalife charged after escape
Khalife is a former member of the Royal Signals and was based at Beacon Barracks in Stafford.
He was on remand at HMP Wandsworth awaiting trial. He was accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base, a charge under the Terrorism Act, and another under the Official Secrets Act, which alleges he committed “an act prejudicial to the safety or interests of the state”.
He was discharged from the army in May and appeared at the Old Bailey via video link in July, denying the charges against him.
