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Racist murder in Blackburn

By Liz Fekete

1 April 1995

Mushtaq Hussain, 49, was beaten to death in Great Harwood, near Blackburn, Lancashire by a gang of white youths who racially abused him outside a pizza takeaway before setting upon him.

Two men, aged 17 and 18, have been charged with manslaughter.

Socialist Worker 11.2.95

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