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Former British bantamweight champion Kash Farooq retires at the age of 26

Former British bantamweight champion Kash Farooq has been forced to retire from boxing at the age of 26. The Glasgow fighter has hung up his gloves because of “unforeseen circumstances”. The news was announced by the St Andrews Sporting Club, where ...

06 Jan 2022 at 19:55

Senior social worker found to have assaulted ex-partner in High Court fight

A senior social worker found to have assaulted and abused an ex-partner by a family court judge is at the centre of a High Court fight. Judge Farooq Ahmed made a series of domestic abuse findings against the man, after a private family court ...

08 Feb 2023 at 18:16

Student nurse accused of planning terror attack with homemade bomb at RAF base

A student nurse has appeared in court accused of planning a terrorist attack at an RAF base after he was allegedly found with a pressure cooker bomb outside a hospital in Leeds. Mohammad Farooq, 27, was allegedly inspired by radical Islam ...

27 Jan 2023 at 11:23

Man who ‘took pressure-cooker bomb into hospital’ has trial halted

A clinical support worker who took a viable pressure-cooker bomb into hospital has had his trial halted and the jury has been discharged. Mohammed Farooq, 28, was arrested at St James’s Hospital in Leeds after a patient talked him out of ...

07 Dec 2023 at 11:39

Hospital bomb suspect caught on video telling police how patient talked him down

An NHS worker was captured on body-worn camera footage telling armed police that a patient talked him out of exploding a bomb at a hospital, a jury has seen. Video of the arrest of Mohammed Farooq, 28, at St James’s Hospital in Leeds ...

06 Nov 2023 at 11:55

Patient who talked down hospital bomb suspect did ‘something brave’, jury hears

A patient who talked a man out of trying to detonate a bomb in a hospital has agreed in court that what started out as an act of kindness ended up as “something quite brave”. Nathan Newby has told a jury how he started talking to ...

06 Nov 2023 at 16:40

Swedish police arrest one person over deaths of Britons found in burned-out car

One person has been arrested by police after two British men were found dead in a burned-out car in Sweden. Juan Cifuentes, 33, and Farooq Abdulrazak, 37, from north London, were reported missing by family members after they ...

29 Aug 2024 at 10:50

Football club pays tribute to ex-player believed to have been murdered in Sweden

A football club has paid tribute to one of the men believed to have been murdered in Sweden, after two bodies were found in a burned out car. Juan Cifuentes and Farooq Abdulrazak, from north London, were reported missing by ...

18 Jul 2024 at 12:21

Met Police investigate if bodies found in Sweden are missing Londoners

The Metropolitan Police is investigating whether the discovery of two bodies in a burned out car in Sweden is related to the disappearance of two Londoners earlier this week. Juan Cifuentes, 33, and Farooq Abdulrazak, 37, ...

18 Jul 2024 at 15:37

Lone wolf terrorist found guilty of terror offence over hospital bomb plot

A “self-radicalised lone wolf terrorist” who took a bomb to the hospital where he worked intending to “kill as many nurses as possible” has been found guilty of preparing terrorist acts. Mohammad Farooq, 28, was arrested ...

02 Jul 2024 at 21:40

Families of two men found dead in burned-out car in Sweden pay tribute

The families of two men found dead in a burned-out car in Sweden have paid tribute to “two beautiful innocent hardworking souls”. Juan Cifuentes, 33, and Farooq Abdulrazak, 37, from north London, were reported missing ...

14 Aug 2024 at 17:16

Racial discrimination claim against Liverpool FC dismissed by tribunal

A claim that Liverpool FC racially discriminated against a man who was turned down for a job has been dismissed by an employment tribunal. Asad Farooq applied for the job as the club’s first team operations officer ...

29 Jan 2025 at 18:29

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