Birkby fire murder suspect Shahid Mohammed brought back to UK - BBC News
Shahid Mohammed faces eight counts of murder over a fire that caused the deaths of eight family members.
Police issued images of Shahid Mohammed from 2002 (right) and a more recent image

A man who was arrested in Pakistan nearly 13 years after a fire that killed eight family members has been extradited back to the UK.

Shahid Mohammed, aged 36, was held in Rawalpindi in January 2015.

He is accused over the 2002 fire in Birkby, Huddersfield, that caused the deaths of five young sisters, their mother, uncle and grandmother.

Mr Mohammed will appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court accused of eight counts of murder.

The victims were Nafeesa Aziz, 35, and her five daughters - Tayyaba Batool, three, Rabiah Batool, 10, Ateeqa Nawaz, five, Aneesa Nawaz, two, and Najeeba Nawaz, who was six months old.

Nafeesa Aziz's brother, Mohammed Ateeq-ur-Rehman, 18, also died in the fire and their mother, Zaib-un-Nisa, 54, who jumped from an upstairs window, died a week later in hospital.

The family were asleep in their home on Osborne Road when petrol was poured through the letterbox and a petrol bomb put through the window.

The family's home was attacked in the early hours of 12 May 2002

Det Supt Nick Wallen, of the West Yorkshire Police homicide and major enquiry team, said: "I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all agencies here in the UK and in Pakistan who have worked tirelessly and supported West Yorkshire Police to ensure that this [extradition] process has run smoothly."

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