The Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, Chris Sims, has praised the father of one of the men allegedly murdered while trying to protect people from looters.

Mr Sims said he thinks words spoken by Mr Jahan on Wednesday helped to calm rising racial tensions in the city.

Tariq Jahan urged those involved in violence to “calm down” after his son and his two friends were murdered.

Haroon Jahan, 21, died alongside brothers Shazad Ali, 30 and Adbul Musavir, 31.

They were hit by a car on Dudley Road in the Winson Green area of Birmingham in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

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