Four men charged with murder after Leicester stabbing

Four men have been charged with murder after a stabbing in Leicester that left 24‑year‑old Arad Niakan dead. Niakan was fatally wounded on Wednesday in De Montfort Place, off London Road, according to Leicestershire Police. The suspects charged with murder are Talha Satar, 21, of Stoughton Street South, Spinney Hills; Said Mahamed, 20, of Sparkenhoe Street, Spinney Hills; Husni Benramadan, 19, who has no fixed address; and Yousouf Khan, 18, also without a fixed address. In addition to the murder counts, each of the four men faces one count of possessing an imitation firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and one count of possessing a knife or bladed article in a public place. A fifth individual, Kassam Tarmahoomed, 21, has been charged with assisting an offender. All five suspects are due to appear at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on Monday. Leicestershire Police said that two men aged 52 and two women aged 43, who were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender during the investigation, have been released on bail. Separately, a 33‑year‑old man who was detained on suspicion of murder has since been released with no further action.