Two men from Oxfordshire, who died in a car crash, have been named by police and five people have been charged with murder.
Leicestershire Police have named two men, Saqib Hussain, 21, and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, 21, both from Banbury following a collision on the A46 near the Six Hills junction in Leicestershire.
They died following the collision which happened at around 1.30am on Friday February 11.
Support is being provided to the families of Mr Hussain and Mr Ijazuddin at this time and formal identification has not yet been carried out.
The cars involved were a silver Skoda Fabia, a grey Audi TT and a blue Seat Leon and police believe they were all travelling at speed.
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Three women and two men have been charged with murder.
Raees Jamal, 21, of Lingdale Close, Leicester, and Rekan Karwan, 28, of Tomlin Road, Leicester, were both charged on Tuesday with murder. They have been remanded into custody to appear at Leicester Magistrates’ Court today (Wednesday 16).
Natasha Akhtar, 21, of Alum Rock Road, Birmingham; Ansreen Bukhari, 45, and Mahek Bukhari, 22, both of George Eardley Close, Stoke, were charged on Monday with murder They appeared in front of Leicester magistrates on Tuesday.
A 20-year-old man arrested on Friday on suspicion of murder, has been released from police custody with no further action to be taken.
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