Amran Khan, 29, was gunned down outside his home in Oldham father-of-two's murder is linked to a gang war.

Amran Khan, 29, was gunned down outside his home in Oldham shortly after he put his child to bed.He went outside after hearing a disturbance and was shot at three times. One bullet hit him in the chest.Mr Khan is the third person to be murdered in three months, prompting fears of a turf war between drug dealing Asian gangs from Oldham and Bolton.In July, shop worker Nasar Hussain, 30, from Bolton, was shot six times by a machine-gun assassin in a `hit' at a store in Salford. He was not the intended target and was shot by mistake. The shop where Mr Hussain worked, Brookhouse supermarket in Winton, Eccles, was firebombed last week. The M.E.N. can reveal Mr Khan's brother, Gulfan, 35, was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder in connection to Mr Hussain's killing. He is currently on bail until November and was one of 13 men arrested at the time.Days after the Salford shooting, Junaid Khan, 21, from Oldham, was gunned down in the car park of a doctor's surgery in Chadderton. Nobody has been charged with his murder but two men have been chargedwith possessing ammunition.One line of inquiry centres around each shooting being a tit-for-tat retaliation, as the feud shows no signs of ceasing.In the latest incident, Mr Khan was shot at about 10.30pm on Friday evening at his Glodwick home.
As news of his shooting spread, friends and relatives raced to the semi-detached home on Nugget Street. They followed his ambulance to the Royal Oldham Hospital where he died in the early hours. Amid emotional scenes, a nearby mosque opened its doors to mourners.A family member said relatives were all `absolutely devastated'.
"It's an absolute tragedy," he said. "He was such a hard worker. He had two daughters, one and four-years-old, and doted on those girls. They were his life.
"He loved playing football and he was a big Manchester United fan. We were going to watch the derby this weekend. He was looking forward to it."
The relative added that he was struggling to understand why Mr Khan was killed.
He said: "I've not got a clue why someone would do this. Gun him down in cold blood just before Eid."Police arrested two men yesterday on suspicion of murder in connection with Mr Khan's death. They remained in custody last night.
Detectives have previously said they will target anyone who tries to step into the shoes of the 11 senior members of Manchester's Gooch gang who were jailed in April.

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