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Three Asian men struck by car and killed in hit-and-run attack 'as they protected their neighbourhood from rioters'
Three men died after they were hit by a car in a hit-and-run incident in Birmingham in the early hours of this morning.
The trio - named locally as Shahzad and Harry Hussain and their friend Musaver Ali - had just emerged from a mosque and were on the streets protecting their car wash business after the previous night's violence, according to a family member.
Kabir Khan Isakhel, a relative of one of the dead brothers told Sky News this morning that two cars had approached at high speed and struck the trio.
A 32-year-old man was today being questioned on suspicion of murder. Then dead trio were aged 31, 30 and 20, a police spokesman said.
He said: 'They were not in the way or blocking the road. The car swerved towards them. They went flying up in the air.'
A police source said: 'As far as we understand, there was an altercation in the street in the early hours of the morning, and these three men were allegedly mown down by one man in one car.
'It's difficult to say at the moment whether the incident is linked to earlier unrest, but we are investigating.'
A friend of the brothers wrote on a Facebook tribute group R.I.P Shahzad & Harry Hussain: 'May their souls rest in peace and give their families strength especially in this holy month for all Muslims- innocent victims of mindless and sad losers with nothing better to do with their pathetic lives.'
The Birmingham Mail reported local social media accounts that the deceased had been involved in a brawl with looters as they defended property from rioters.
The trio were hit by the car while on Dudley Road, near the Jet Filling Station, close to the border with Cape Hill in Smethwick.
Murray McGregor, a spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS), said members of the public were attempting resuscitation on the men when the ambulance arrived, but that it quickly became apparent they had all suffered 'significant injuries'.
Mr McGregor added that some of his colleagues had been attacked by a mob wielding weapons including baseball bats while they were attending emergency calls in Birmingham that night, which he described as 'just awful'.
Paramedics attending the call to the hit-and-run found around 80 people at the scene when they arrived.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: 'Detectives investigating the death of three men following a road traffic collision in Birmingham this morning will today question a 32-year-old man on suspicion of murder.
'It's understood the three man - aged 31, 30 and 20 - were on foot in Dudley Road in the Winson Green area of the city when they were in collision with a car. All later died from their injuries in hospital.
'Officers arrested the man nearby and also recovered a vehicle which will be examined by forensics experts.'
The three were taken to Birmingham City Hospital, where a large crowd gathered this morning at around 5.45am and police in riot gear stood guard at the main entrance.
The ambulance service said two of the men were pronounced dead soon after arriving at hospital, while a third died later in hospital shortly before 7am this morning.
The A457 Dudley Road was closed both ways between Moillett Street and Cavendish Road.
Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.