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Seven Afghan youths go on trial after
teenager's murder in Folkestone
The trial is taking place at Maidstone Crown Court
A clash between rival gangs of Afghan youths ended with one of them
being stabbed to death and others injured, a court has heard.
The Dari and Pashtun groups met in a small flat in Marine Terrace,
Folkestone, in January, to discuss and settle their differences.
But several of the Daris went armed with knives and violence soon erupted
with the fatal consequences, Maidstone Crown Court was told.
Two witnesses later told police they saw Fazullhaq Walizada, 18, inflict the
single wound to the abdomen that killed 17-year-old Osman Sherzad.
Eleanor Laws QC, prosecuting, said four others – Farid Hussani, 18, Eraij
Faqirzada, 18, and two 17-year-old boys – were also to blame on the basis
of a "joint enterprise".
Walizada, of Channel House, Bradstone Road, Folkestone, Farid Hussani, of
Folkestone Road, Dover, Eraij Faqirzada, of no fixed address, and the two
other youths, who cannot be identified, one from Ashford and the other
from Tunbridge Wells, all deny murder and violent disorder.
Parwiz Rahimi, 18, of Windsor Street, Liverpool, Parwiz Dilsoz, 19, of Dover
Road, Folkestone, deny violent disorder.
Hussani also denies wounding Saidoullah Sayed with intent to cause
grievous bodily harm.
The trial continues.
Seven Afghan youths go on trial after teenager's murder in Folkestone
teenager's murder in Folkestone
The trial is taking place at Maidstone Crown Court
A clash between rival gangs of Afghan youths ended with one of them
being stabbed to death and others injured, a court has heard.
The Dari and Pashtun groups met in a small flat in Marine Terrace,
Folkestone, in January, to discuss and settle their differences.
But several of the Daris went armed with knives and violence soon erupted
with the fatal consequences, Maidstone Crown Court was told.
Two witnesses later told police they saw Fazullhaq Walizada, 18, inflict the
single wound to the abdomen that killed 17-year-old Osman Sherzad.
Eleanor Laws QC, prosecuting, said four others – Farid Hussani, 18, Eraij
Faqirzada, 18, and two 17-year-old boys – were also to blame on the basis
of a "joint enterprise".
Walizada, of Channel House, Bradstone Road, Folkestone, Farid Hussani, of
Folkestone Road, Dover, Eraij Faqirzada, of no fixed address, and the two
other youths, who cannot be identified, one from Ashford and the other
from Tunbridge Wells, all deny murder and violent disorder.
Parwiz Rahimi, 18, of Windsor Street, Liverpool, Parwiz Dilsoz, 19, of Dover
Road, Folkestone, deny violent disorder.
Hussani also denies wounding Saidoullah Sayed with intent to cause
grievous bodily harm.
The trial continues.
Seven Afghan youths go on trial after teenager's murder in Folkestone
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