The Lynx Gang is a Birmingham

Birmingham

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-based gang

Gang

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 that was founded in the 1970s, initially to protect the Asian

Asian people

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 community (most notably of Mirpuri

Mirpuri

Mirpuri may refer to:* Potwari language, an Indo-Aryan Lahnda language related to Hindko* Mahan Singh Mirpuri , General in the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh* Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, city in Pakistan-administered Jammu & Kashmir...

 Kashmiri

Kashmiri people

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 and Pathaan origin) from racist skinheads. Later, the gang transformed into a violent criminal gang. It included petty criminals and drug users;

The gang was founded in the Small Heath

Small Heath, Birmingham

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 area of the city, but later spread to the Birmingham boroughs Lozells

Lozells

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, Handsworth

Handsworth, West Midlands

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, Alum Rock

Alum Rock, Birmingham

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, Sparkhill

Sparkhill

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, Sparkbrook

Sparkbrook

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, and Aston

Aston

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. Rival gangs include the Birmingham Panthers, Burger Bar Boys, the Sikh Shere Punjab and the Redheads.
Moazzam Begg

Moazzam Begg

Moazzam Begg , is a British Pakistani Muslim who was held in extrajudicial detention in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility and the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp, in Cuba, by the U.S...

is an ex-member of the gang.