ASSASSINATED; Three held after 'drugs rival' is shot dead while driving in chilling 'targeted attack'.

Byline: JEREMY ARMSTRONG

THREE men were still being questioned last night over the gangland execution of a man in an apparent drugs "turf war".

Safrajur Rahman Jahingir, 23, was blasted twice while driving his car on a Sheffield council estate in what detectives described as a "planned assassination".

He was left slumped at the wheel as the car careered down the road, just missing a bus before ploughing into undergrowth.

A paramedic and the bus driver tried to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Murder squad officers believe he was shot with a pistol at close range through the driver's window of his Vauxhall Corsa in the Parson Cross area, across the city from the victim's Darnall home. But police say Friday night's shooting is not related to the "postcode" gang killings in the city which have claimed three lives in 12 months. Detective Superintendent Peter McGuinness stressed the public had nothing to fear, adding: "We believe this was a targeted attack.

"We are keeping an open mind about the motive."

A red Seat Leon hatchback was seen driving from the scene. Three men, aged 28, 33 and 36, were being quizzed after police raids at homes across Sheffield. The murder comes just two months after James Kamara, aged 22, was shot dead in the city's Broomhall area.

POLICE were yesterday quizzing two men on suspicion of attempted murder after two shootings in Co Durham.

Shots were fired in Stanley during a confrontation involving people in vehicles on Saturday.

A Mercedes and a 4x4 drove off and a further confrontation took place in Durham City

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