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Teen killed in rascist attack
Mohammed Al Majed, 16, who was learning English at a summer school, was murdered on Hastings seafront by a gang of white youths, police believe.
He is understood to be the son of a wealthy family in the Gulf state of Qatar. Friends last night described him as "like a brother to everyone".
Mohammed and his classmates, who were in the last week of a course at the EF Languages School, were attacked as they left a social club for foreign students shortly before midnight on Friday.
The youths repeatedly stamped on Mohammed's head and he died in hospital. Detectives are treating it as a racially motivated murder.
The group had been at the club, which incorporates a kebab shop, owned by Remzi Tanriverdi. He said he had warned police of the troublemakers hours before the attack.
The 43-year-old, who used to work for the UN in Turkey, said trouble started after a pair of local teenagers started drinking cans of lager on the picnic benches outside. They were soon joined by two more youths.
Mr Tanriverdi asked them to leave but they refused and shouted abuse at him. "After I asked them to leave, I noticed a police car pull up, so I spoke to the officers. I asked them to keep an eye on the boys. Less than an hour later, Mohammed – who was like a brother to everyone – had been beaten to death by those boys."
Three men aged 17, 18 and 20 have been arrested over the attack and granted bail.
In response to the claim that police were warned about the gang of youths, a spokesman for Sussex Police said: "There is no way of confirming or denying whether officers spoke to any particular member of the public. However this is a heavily-patrolled area of the town centre."
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May Allah give him a good reward
Omar Sep 07, 2008
from the holly land the middle east my thanks
Naser kuwait Sep 04, 2008
Who attend 2 minute silence in the memory of Mohammed Al Majed also the media who cover the news about the hateful crime I pray May his Soul rest in peace and God bless all
This racial offensive behavior is kind of sickness even this violent is dangerous to the local community we learned this racial hate motivated countries like Germany to attack other nation as Hitler the Nazi did and attacked England as one of his victims I hope as the
community leaders say Get rid of racism in Hastings.
Expat Resident in Qatar
Angel Aug 31, 2008
I used to live there, but its worse now.
Omar Aug 30, 2008