Dad discovers dying man is his son

A father has described how he had rushed to aid a dying man hit by a car during riots in Birmingham, only to find it was his 21-year-old son.

"I heard the thud, ran around and I saw three people on the ground," Tariq Jahan said.

"My instinct was to help the three people. I didn't know who they were, who'd been injured. I helped the first man, and somebody from behind told me my son was lying behind me.

"So I started CPR on my own son. My face and hands were covered in blood." Police launched a murder inquiry after all three men died. A 32-year-old man has since been arrested.

The men were part of a group of British Asians attempting to protect their area from looters after attending Ramadan prayers, a friend of the men said.

They acted after seeing gangs break into a petrol station and social club, and neighbours being beaten up, Jahan said.

He said his son, Haroon, a mechanic, had been well-liked in the community.