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Birmingham dad Mohammed Endris charged with murder of his children | Birmingham dad Mohammed Endris charged with murder of his children |
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A father has been charged with murdering his two young children who died after a house fire. | A father has been charged with murdering his two young children who died after a house fire. |
Eight-year-old Saros Endris and his sister Leanor, six, died following the blaze at their home on Holland Road, in Hamstead, Birmingham, on 28 October. | |
Mohammed Endris, 46, was found with life-threatening injuries in a fire-damaged car in Staffordshire the same day. He was arrested in November. | Mohammed Endris, 46, was found with life-threatening injuries in a fire-damaged car in Staffordshire the same day. He was arrested in November. |
He appeared before magistrates on Wednesday in a hospital gown. | |
More updates on this and other stories in Birmingham and the Black Country | More updates on this and other stories in Birmingham and the Black Country |
Mr Endris, also of Holland Road, was charged on Tuesday after his release from hospital, West Midlands Police said. | |
He stood in the dock at Walsall Magistrates' Court - also accused of the attempted murder of the children's mother Penil Teklehaimanot - with a bandage on his head. | |
The siblings were pronounced dead at hospital after they were found at their home in Holland Road. | The siblings were pronounced dead at hospital after they were found at their home in Holland Road. |
Post-mortem examinations were carried out and forensic tests are ongoing to establish the cause of death, police added. | Post-mortem examinations were carried out and forensic tests are ongoing to establish the cause of death, police added. |
Their father was remanded in custody to appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday. |