{"id":85275,"date":"2025-05-08T18:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T18:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/85275\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T18:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T18:22:10","slug":"man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-murder-in-birmingham-as-police-continue-search-for-other-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/85275\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested on suspicion of murder in Birmingham as police continue search for other suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>West Midlands Police confirmed that a 24-year-old man had been arrested on Thursday in connection with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/crime\/true-crime\/2024\/11\/26\/sixth-suspect-wanted-and-five-arrested-after-lozells-death\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the death of Ekrimh Mena&#8217;a<\/a> on Hunters Road on September 30 last year.<\/p>\n<p>The man was arrested on suspicion of murder of the 39-year-old, who was found with stab injuries near the junction with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/birmingham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Villa Road<\/a>, and remains in custody for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>The force has also appealed for information about the whereabouts of Mohamed Mohamoud and Dahir Ali, with an image of 28-year-old Ali and 25-year-old Mahmoud also being released.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/f951f1ba-8053-4edf-93d0-2f1b64cbfa0e.jpg\"   alt=\"West Midlands Police have issued this image of Mohamed Mohamoud and Dahir Ali. Photo: West Midlands Police\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>West Midlands Police have issued this image of Mohamed Mohamoud and Dahir Ali. Photo: West Midlands Police<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: &#8220;We&#8217;ve arrested another man in connection with the murder of Ekrimh Mena&#8217;a in Lozells as we appeal for information to trace two other suspects.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Detectives today (8 May) detained a 24-year-old man in relation to the death of Ekrimh in Hunters Road on 30 September last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was arrested on suspicion of murder and has been taken into custody for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 39-year-old victim was found with stab injuries near the junction of Villa Road at around 12.25am.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eight people have already been arrested in connection with our investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is ongoing and we are keen to speak with Mohamed Mohamoud and Dahir Ali over the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We previously issued the image of 28-year-old Ali and following further enquiries we now also want to speak with Mohamoud, aged 25.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;d ask anyone with information to contact us, rather than approach them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can do this via Live Chat on our website, or by calling 101, and quote 20\/885260\/24.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alternatively, ring Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re committed to establishing exactly who was responsible for Ekrimh&#8217;s death.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Midlands Police confirmed that a 24-year-old man had been arrested on Thursday in connection with the death&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,188,393,4884,379,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-85275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-local-hubs","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114473608725315150","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}