Man and two youths arrested in connection with car deaths

DETECTIVES investigating the deaths of three men hit by a car while protecting shops from looters have arrested two youths and a man on suspicion of murder.

West Midlands Police said the suspects — aged 16, 17 and 26 and all from Birmingham — had been detained by officers investigating the deaths of three men in the Winson Green area of the city. A spokeswoman for the force also confirmed that a 32-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder early yesterday had been released on bail pending further inquiries.

News of the further arrests was announced after the Chief Constable of the West Midlands praised the father of one of the three victims for appealing for calm in the local community.