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| A fifth person has been arrested over the fatal shooting of a student in Salford early on Boxing Day. | A fifth person has been arrested over the fatal shooting of a student in Salford early on Boxing Day. |
| The 20-year-old man is being questioned on suspicion of murdering Anuj Bidve, who was shot in the head at close range in Ordsall Lane. | |
| Mr Bidve, 23, had travelled to the UK from India to study at Lancaster University. He was in Greater Manchester for the festive period. | |
| Four teenagers arrested earlier also remain in custody, police have said. | Four teenagers arrested earlier also remain in custody, police have said. |
| They include a 16-year-old boy, two 17-year-old boys and a 19-year old man. | |
| 'Outstanding applicant' | |
| Mr Bidve, a postgraduate student in micro-electronics, was described by his family as a "loving son, a super-caring brother and first and forever a friend for many". | |
| Tutors described him as "an outstanding applicant at the very beginning of a promising career". | |
| He had been expected to return to India after completing his studies. | |
| Mr Bidve, from Pune, Maharashtra, was in a group of nine Indian students visiting Greater Manchester over the holidays. | |
| Police said the students, who had not been drinking, were walking from their hotel towards the city centre when the gunman - a white male in his 20s - approached them from the other side of the road. | |
| He had a short conversation with Mr Bidve before producing a gun and shooting him at close range to the side of the head. | |
| The gunman then ran back across the street before he and another male fled on foot towards Asgard Drive and the Ordsall housing estate. | |
| Greater Manchester Police has appealed to anyone with information about the shooting to contact the force or Crimestoppers anonymously. | |
| Mr Bidve's family is due to fly to Manchester by the end of the week to take his body to India. |