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Syrian refugee cried out for his mother moments before dying in Grenfell fire
Grenfell Tower in west London after a fire engulfed the 24-storey building

A 23-year-old Syrian refugee cried out for his mother over the phone in the moments before he died falling 14 floors from Grenfell Tower, the inquiry heard today.

Mohammad Alhajali moved to Britain in 2014 and was studying civil engineering while working part-time in North Kensington, where he had come for a better life and was due to be married.

Mr Alhajali had lived in Leeds, West Yorkshire, before moving to flat 112 on the 14th floor of the tower block with his brother, Omar Alhaj Ali, in September 2016.

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