{"id":25145,"date":"2017-12-22T17:46:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T17:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=25145"},"modified":"2017-12-22T17:52:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T17:52:09","slug":"10000-attend-funeral-imtiaz-mohammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/22\/10000-attend-funeral-imtiaz-mohammed\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 10,000 attend funeral of Imtiaz Mohammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A huge crowd of mourners turned out to pay respect to the local taxi driver who was killed in the Lawley Middleway horror crash.<\/p>\n<p>The much loved father of six had a huge turn out of mourners to pay their respects.<\/p>\n<p>Over 10,000 mourners turned out for the funeral service of the much respected taxi driver who was killed alongside five others in the six car crash.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25154\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25154\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Imtiaz-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Imtiaz-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Imtiaz.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Imtiaz Mohammed &#8211; Taxi Driver killed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The funeral service took place at the Birmingham Central mosque which is not too far from where the incident took place in the early hours of last Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>It has been reported that this has been the biggest ever funeral service that has taken place at the Birmingham Centra Mosque, with many mourners unable to get inside the mosque.<\/p>\n<p>Imtiaz Mohammed&#8217;s heartbroken family wiped away tears as they said fairwell walking behind the hearse before heading off to Handsworth Cemetery for burial.<\/p>\n<p>His cousin Yousuf Ali Khan said: &#8220;It was an incredible turnout with thousands of mourners paying their respects inside the mosque and many more outside.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Imtiaz would have been proud of the turnout and his family are grateful they have been able to bury him and lay him to rest.&#8221;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-25153 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-22-at-17.22.53-copy-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"688\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-22-at-17.22.53-copy-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-22-at-17.22.53-copy-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-22-at-17.22.53-copy-696x376.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-22-at-17.22.53-copy-778x420.jpg 778w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-22-at-17.22.53-copy.jpg 809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His devastated father Ikhtiar Mohammed spoke emotionally following his sons death.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;He was a happy joyful person. He was too good. I cried because my house feels so empty without him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A total of six people died, Lucy Davis, 42 and her boyfriend Lee Jenkins, aged 42, who where both passengers in the taxi.<\/p>\n<p>Kasar Jehangir, Mohammed Fashar and Tauqeer Hussain were the three men who died travelling in the Audi.<\/p>\n<p>A fourth man was seriously injured and still remains in hospital and has been reported that he is in a stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A huge crowd of mourners turned out to pay respect to the local taxi driver who was killed in the Lawley Middleway horror crash. The much loved father of six had a huge turn out of mourners to pay their respects. 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