First picture of man killed by Dagenham gang who attacked with baseball bats and knives
Raja Rashid Ali was rammed by a 4x4 and penned in by the gang
THIS is the first picture of the 33-year-old killed by a gang armed with knives and baseball bats.
Raja Rashid Ali, of Elm Park, was killed after a group of up to a dozen men attacked the driver and passengers of a parked car in Dagenham, east London,on Sunday night.
Shocking video footage showed a 4x4 slamming into a parked Renault Megane.
Seconds later a second car arrives at the scene penning the Megane in – before men leap out and begin attacking each other with bats, knives and chains.
One of the three men sat inside the vehicle escapes through the roof – and a second can be seen throwing himself through the window.
Officers were called to Braintree Road at about 7.30pm on Sunday and found Raja had been stabbed.
Paramedics treated him at the scene but he sadly couldn't be saved.
A post-mortem carried out on Monday gave cause of death as stab wounds.
Three men aged 21 and a fourth in his early 20s were arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody at an east London police station.
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Detective Chief Inspector David Whellams said: "At this very early stage we are working to establish the motive, but we know that Raja was in a vehicle with two other men which stopped in Stansgate Road outside Costcutter, when they were involved in an altercation with a number of others who were travelling in two other vehicles.
“The suspects left the scene in these two vehicles. The incident took place outside a busy supermarket and I am confident there are more witnesses who have information. I urge them to come forward."
DCI Whellams continued: "The incident took place outside a busy supermarket and I am confident there are more witnesses who have information. I urge them to come forward."
Anyone with information should call police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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