'I tried to revive my son. My hands were covered in blood' - By Justin Davenport, Crime Editor, London Evening Standard
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LONDON EVENING STANDARD
Justin Davenport, Crime Editor
10 Aug 2011
Haroon Jahan, 21, was one of three men killed in Birmingham last night when a car ploughed into them as they stood guard outside shops.
Today his father, Tariq Jahan, who lives about 40 yards from the scene, said: "I didn't see the incident with my own eyes. I was round the corner ... I heard the car coming at high speed.
"Then we heard the bang and I heard the commotion. I ran towards the commotion and the first guy I found was someone I didn't know.
"I started giving him CPR until somebody pointed out that the guy behind me was my son on the floor. Then I swapped positions and started giving him CPR.
"My face was covered in blood, my hands were covered in blood."
Asked to describe his son, a mechanic and keen amateur boxer, Mr Jahan said: "He was a good lad. He was very, very intelligent, very smart. He was a good, gifted kid."
Mr Jahan went on: "You can't explain losing a son. It's going to be hard for me now."
The grieving father also appealed for there to be no revenge for his son's death and for the law to be allowed to take its course.
"Tensions are already high in the area. It's already bad enough what we are seeing on the streets now without other people taking the law into their own hands," he said.
Clutching a school photograph of his son, Mr Jahan told reporters gathered outside his home that Haroon was a popular figure.
Mr Jahan, who has two other children, said: "He was trying to help his community and he has been killed.
"He was a very well-liked kid - I can't describe to anybody what it feels like to lose a son.
"He was the youngest, and anything I ever wanted done, I would always ask Haroon to sort it out for me."
Saying that "everybody loved him", Mr Jahan said people would forget once the riots had ended: "A day from now, maybe two days from now, the whole world will forget and nobody will care."
He added that he did not blame anyone and it was his son's fate: "I don't blame the Government, I don't blame the police, I don't blame nobody.
"I'm a Muslim, I believe in divine fate and destiny, and it was his destiny and his fate, and now he's gone. And may Allah forgive him and bless him."
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'I tried to revive my son. My hands were covered in blood'
Justin Davenport, Crime Editor10 Aug 2011
The father of a man killed by a speeding car as he tried to protect his community from looters has told how he desperately tried to revive his son.
Today his father, Tariq Jahan, who lives about 40 yards from the scene, said: "I didn't see the incident with my own eyes. I was round the corner ... I heard the car coming at high speed.
"Then we heard the bang and I heard the commotion. I ran towards the commotion and the first guy I found was someone I didn't know.
"I started giving him CPR until somebody pointed out that the guy behind me was my son on the floor. Then I swapped positions and started giving him CPR.
"My face was covered in blood, my hands were covered in blood."
Asked to describe his son, a mechanic and keen amateur boxer, Mr Jahan said: "He was a good lad. He was very, very intelligent, very smart. He was a good, gifted kid."
Mr Jahan went on: "You can't explain losing a son. It's going to be hard for me now."
The grieving father also appealed for there to be no revenge for his son's death and for the law to be allowed to take its course.
"Tensions are already high in the area. It's already bad enough what we are seeing on the streets now without other people taking the law into their own hands," he said.
Clutching a school photograph of his son, Mr Jahan told reporters gathered outside his home that Haroon was a popular figure.
Mr Jahan, who has two other children, said: "He was trying to help his community and he has been killed.
"He was a very well-liked kid - I can't describe to anybody what it feels like to lose a son.
"He was the youngest, and anything I ever wanted done, I would always ask Haroon to sort it out for me."
Saying that "everybody loved him", Mr Jahan said people would forget once the riots had ended: "A day from now, maybe two days from now, the whole world will forget and nobody will care."
He added that he did not blame anyone and it was his son's fate: "I don't blame the Government, I don't blame the police, I don't blame nobody.
"I'm a Muslim, I believe in divine fate and destiny, and it was his destiny and his fate, and now he's gone. And may Allah forgive him and bless him."
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