Police investigating the murder of two girls gunned down outside a New Year party in Birmingham said today they had arrested a man.

A CORONER who told a black community it was time to ‘pay back’ efforts to accommodate them into a multicultural society by helping police catch the killers of two teenage girls was warned by Britain’s Home Secretary to be careful with his language.

DETECTIVES were yesterday continuing to hunt for the brother of one of two teenagers shot dead outside a New Year’s party.

THE mother of a teenage girl shot dead outside a hairdresser’s shop in Birmingham yesterday made an emotional appeal for witnesses to come forward.

The mother of one of two teenagers gunned down outside a New Year party today pleaded with the public to help catch her daughter’s killer and for rival gangs not to seek revenge for the death.

POLICE hunting the gunmen who killed two teenage girls at a party in Birmingham say more than 30 shots were fired in the attack.

Witnesses have been reluctant to help police investigating the murders of two teenage girls killed in a storm of gunfire at a party, senior officers said today.

Two teenage girls who were shot dead during a New Year party in a hairdresser’s salon were today named by police.