TWO men have been charged with the murder of a 17-year- old Somalian beaten to death in Sefton Park, Liverpool.

Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim died in the early hours of Tuesday March 11, following a fight on Croxteth Drive.

Up to 16 Somalis brandishing sticks and golf clubs were involved in the large- scale brawl, which resulted in the teenager suffering fatal head injuries just yards from his home at Brompton Avenue.

Kadir Mohammed, 22, and Essa Mohammed Ismail, 21, both of Ritson Street, Toxteth, have been charged with murder.

Four men, aged 19, 21, 22 and 29, all from Toxteth, arrested on Tuesday and Wednesday remain in custody.

Kadir Mohammed and Essa Mohammed Ismail will appear before Liverpool city magistrates this morning. A second 17- year-old boy, named locally as Abdulahi and said to be Ahmed’s cousin, had his fingers chopped off – possibly with a machete.

Yesterday, friends and family paid tribute to the young student.

Cousin Yousaf Mohamed, 32, described him as “a boy who loved everybody and who had a dream”.

He said: “Ahmed wanted to make something of himself and wanted to work in computer science. He was one of those people who made friends just like that.

“He had become separated from his mother in Somalia.

“But when the two met up again in Liverpool, they were so happy as they had thought they would never see each other again.”

“Ahmed was an innocent boy who didn’t know what was going on. When they were about to attack him, he kept begging these evils and telling them that life was not about fighting, but they didn’t listen.”

Ahmed was studying at Liverpool Community Centre in Duke Street and worked part-time at medical nutrition firm SHS International, at Wavertree Technology Park.