Five victims of Leicester explosion are named

A mother and her two teenage sons have been named as being among the five victims of the explosion in Leicester on Sunday which destroyed a flat and a convenience store.

Mary Rajoobeer, 46, and sons Shane, 18, and Sean, 17, lived in the flat. Police also named Leah Beth Reek, 18, Shane’s girlfriend, and Viktorija Ljevleva, 22, who is thought to have been working in the store at the time.