Lynx gang

Lynx gang

Founding location	Sparkhill, Birmingham, England
Territory	Birmingham
Ethnicity	Mostly British Pakistani (Mirpuri)

The Lynx Gang (sometimes known as The Lynx Crew) was a Birmingham-based gang originally of British Pakistani members that was founded in the 1970s, initially to protect the British Pakistani community (most notably of Mirpuri), from White power skinheads.^[1] Later, the gang transformed into a violent criminal gang.^{[citation needed]} It was involved in several criminal attacks in Birmingham.^{[citation needed]}

The gang was founded in the Sparkhill area of the city, but later spread to the Birmingham boroughs Lozells, Handsworth, Birmingham, Sparkbrook, and Aston. Moazzem Begg is a former member of the gang.^[2]

References

1. Muncie, J. (14 May 2009). "Reluctant Gangsters: The Changing Face of Youth Crime. By John Pitts (Cullompton, Devon: Willan Publishing, 2008, 176pp. 22.00 pb)". British Journal of Criminology. 49 (4). Youth and Policy: 597–599. doi:10.1093/bjc/azp025. ISSN 0007-0955.
2. Moazzam Begg Interview Archived 5 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Liverpool's The Nerve, Spring 2007