More than 10,000 mourners gathered earlier today for the funerals of four young men killed in a car crash during a police chase.
Murtza Chaudhy and Arbaaz Hussain, both 21, Zeeshan Khalid, 20, and Tayyab Siddique, 22, died after their BMW hit a tree in Bradford on Thursday.
The car the men were travelling in was being followed by an unmarked police car due to excessive speed before it skidded out of control around 5.30 on Toller Lane.
Huge crowds of people gathered at a funeral ceremony in a park to remember the four men today.
Four hearses were driven into the packed field where the traditional prayers were said.
Before the ceremony, Imran Hussain, MP for Bradford East said he was born and brought up in the area.
He said: I knew the young men and I know their families. The whole community is absolutely shocked and continues to be shocked.
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This is an extremely tragic loss of four very liked young men and the whole community is in mourning.
People have turned up in their thousands to stand with the families.
Mr Hussain said all the men had promising futures.
A number of other high profile figures were at the funeral including, The Lord Mayor of Bradford, and councillor Kamran Hussain.
He said: The whole community has come together, to stand together and provide support for each other in these difficult times.
The police watchdog is investigating the crash.
In a statement released on Friday, it said: We understand at this time that the grey BMW 1 Series car in which they were travelling was pursued for a short time by an unmarked West Yorkshire Police car, due to excessive speed before the crash.
All four men died at the scene.
The police watchdog also confirmed there was no indication the police vehicle made contact with the car prior to the accident.
The IOPC also said that there was approximately one minute between the BMW being spotted by the police and it hitting the tree.
Speaking to the crowd, Imam Mohammed Asim said: The whole of Bradford has been rocked.
He pointed to a number of similar incidents involving car crashes in the city and implored families to stop young men driving fast cars at speed.
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The Imam said: We cannot let this happen again.
Their whole lives were ahead of them. But you see what one moment of madness can do?
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