Three due in court over brothers murder

9:41am Thursday 27th April 2006

ANOTHER three men, including two teenagers, have been charged over the murder of two brothers in south London early Saturday.

Mohammad, 23, and Hayder Ali, 24, were pulled from a white Mercedes van and stabbed to death in Fircroft Road, Tooting, in the early hours of Saturday morning by a gang of about 15 Asian men.

Bilal Kayani, 19, Imran Hussein, 23, and a 17-year-old, all from Tooting, are due to appear at South Western Magistrates Court later today charged with their killings.

Police believe the gang surrounded the van, smashed its windscreen and dragged the Pakistani brothers out after an argument broke.

The brothers were then stabbed and died later at St George's Hospital. A third man, the driver of the van, was uninjured.

In total, 14 men have been arrested over the double murder, five of whom have been charged, six bailed to return and three remain in police custody.

Yesterday, Imran Asif Ali, 19, from Mitcham, and Quadeer Khan, 22, from Wandsworth, were remanded in custody after appearing in court. Both will appear at the Old Bailey on August 2.