Detectives investigating the death of Salford student Aya Hachem, 19, in Blackburn, have charged a seventh person.
Aya was shot in broad daylight on May 17th on King Street in Blackburn, as she was out shopping close to the Lidl supermarket.
she was not believed to be the intended target of the shooting.
Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, Zamir Raja, 32, of no fixed address, has now been charged with the murder of Aya and the attempted murder of the person believed to be the intended target.
He will appear before magistrates at Preston today.
Fifteen people were arrested in the days after Aya’s death, with five men and a woman charged; two men bailed pending further enquiries; six people – three men and three women – released under investigation and one man released without charge.
Last week detectives arrested a further three people – a man and woman from Coventry and a woman from Manchester – and they have since been released under investigation.
Det Supt Andy Cribbin, of Lancashire Police’s Force Major Investigation Team, said: “It has been just over three weeks since Aya was killed and in that time we have worked tirelessly on this investigation.
“We have now made a total of 19 arrests, and seven people have been charged.
“However, our inquiry is not yet over, and we continue to ask anybody with information to come forward.
“If you know anything about Aya’s senseless killing, and have not yet spoken with officers, please come forward as soon as you possibly can.”
Information or video footage in relation to this inquiry can be sent via the Major Incident Public Portal at https://mipp.police.uk/operation/0401020120E05-PO1
Anybody with any other information can contact us on 101, quoting log number 412 of May 18th, or anonymously via independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org.
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