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£20,000 reward offered over unsolved Digbeth murder

Jinming Zhang was stabbed to death in a flat on Moseley Street in 2022, and DNA from the scene has never matched anyone on the national database.

24 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

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Oumar Traore, 18, filmed his bloodstained knife and boasted on social media after stabbing the 19-year-old in a gang dispute.

24 October 2026 Source: BBC News

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The 25-year-old father of two was stabbed in the car park of the Beggars Bush pub on Chester Road earlier this month.

23 October 2026 Source: BBC News

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Detectives believe the victim was chased onto the bus by a group; two people have already been charged.

22 October 2026 Source: BirminghamWorld

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About 70 officers searched properties in Handsworth, Selly Oak, the city centre and Walsall, recovering heroin and cannabis.

20 October 2026 Source: BBC News

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Leon Gordon, 45, is due before magistrates today after police were called to City Road early on Saturday.

19 October 2026 Source: BirminghamWorld

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Bobby Edmundson, 52, has been jailed for four and a half years for the attack in a Selly Oak street.

18 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

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Two men were abused on their way through the city one morning in September, and officers have released CCTV images.

17 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

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She used the pub's bleed kit on the young man, named locally as Ayden, as police continue to hunt his killer.

17 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

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Ayoub Essakhi, 21, has been remanded in custody and will appear at a crown court in London on 23 October.

16 October 2026 Source: BirminghamWorld