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Detectives investigating the murder of a man in Leicester have urged a "significant witness" to come forward.
Antoin Akpom, 20, died after an assault on Thursday in Kent Street.
Police have not yet ruled out a link to a suspected arson attack on Friday in Wood Hill, which killed a mother and her three teenage children.
Officers want to speak to the witness who was seen driving a red BMW one series past the murder scene at about 17:30 BST on Thursday.
The driver is not believed to have been involved in the attack, a Leicestershire Police spokesman said.
More time has also been granted to question a 19-year-old man arrested on Friday in connection with Mr Akpom's murder.
On Sunday extra time was granted to question three women aged 19, 20 and 27, and a 49-year-old man, over the Wood Hill fire. An 18-year-old man was also arrested.
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'Very supportive'
The people who died in the house fire have been 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.
Police said that, while they were investigating a possible link between the deaths, there was no evidence anyone who lived in the house was involved in the street attack.
A 19-year-old man arrested in connection with the fire was released without charge on Sunday evening.
At least 1,000 Muslim women attended special prayers for the dead mother and her daughter in the women's section of Jame Mosque, where the family worshipped.
On Saturday, prayers were held for Jamal and Bilal at the same mosque, which has declared three days of mourning.
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Dr Muhammad Taufiq Al Sattar, the husband and father of the victims, spoke outside the mosque on Saturday and said he "deeply missed" his "beautiful wife and children".
"The people of Leicester have been very supportive," Dr Taufiq Al Sattar, a neurosurgeon who works in Dublin, said.
"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."
'My best friend'
Tributes have been paid to Mr Akpom, a coach and former player at Leicester Nirvana FC, by family and friends.
The club held a minute's silence at games on Saturday and Sunday.
His sister Lianne Murray said Mr Akpom had planned to train as a teacher and worked at Sparkenhoe Primary School in Leicester.
"He was my baby brother, he was my best friend, and my right arm," she added.
On Sunday, teams from across the Midlands helped Leicestershire Police, along with urban search and rescue teams from the fire service, to carry out "a number of searches at locations across the city".
Dr Muhammad Taufiq Al Sattar said he "deeply missed" his wife and children
Keith Vaz, MP for Leicester East, said the whole city was "grief stricken".
"Five innocent people have lost their lives in Leicester over the last few days, the whole city is in shock," he added.
Meanwhile, the community has been pulling together to support each other and the families.
The nearby St Peter's Church in Highfields held special prayers for everyone involved and opened its doors for people of all faiths.
Ted Cassidy from the church said: "We tolled the bell for 10 minutes and we had a small group of the congregation of St Peter's spending an hour in silent prayer.
"It was a really spiritually powerful hour where we were praying for the Taufiq family and also for Antoin."
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