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| Leicester fire deaths: Father pays tribute to victims | Leicester fire deaths: Father pays tribute to victims |
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| The man who lost four members of his family in a Leicester house fire has said he "deeply misses" them. | The man who lost four members of his family in a Leicester house fire has said he "deeply misses" them. |
| Dr Muhammad Taufiq Al Sattar said: "I deeply miss my beautiful wife and three beautiful children. | Dr Muhammad Taufiq Al Sattar said: "I deeply miss my beautiful wife and three beautiful children. |
| "What has happened has happened, and nothing can be reversed, but I hope justice prevails and in future, this should not happen to any family in the UK." | "What has happened has happened, and nothing can be reversed, but I hope justice prevails and in future, this should not happen to any family in the UK." |
| Detectives have launched a murder investigation after Friday's blaze. | Detectives have launched a murder investigation after Friday's blaze. |
| The fire took hold shortly after midnight in Wood Hill with neighbours rushing to try and alert the family, named by the local mosque as Shehnila Taufiq, her teenage sons Jamal and Bilal and daughter Zainab, 19. | |
| Firefighters found them dead in upstairs bedrooms. | |
| Speaking at the Jame Mosque where he worshipped with his family, Dr Taufiq Al Sattar, a neurosurgeon who works in Dublin, went on to thank the people of Leicester. | |
| "The people of Leicester have been very supportive," he said. | |
| "A real big thanks to the police department in Leicestershire for the good work and the media for being patient, understanding the pain I'm going through at present. | |
| "I'm also thankful to the Jame Mosque. They made me feel that, despite losing my immediate entire family, the entire community in Leicester is family to me. Thank you very much." | |
| Police said they could not rule out connecting the fire with the death of Antoin Akpom who died after an assault on Thursday in nearby Kent Street but said there was no evidence anyone in the house was involved in the street attack. |