A 32-year-old local man is in custody. Seven others arrested
Detective Superintendent Nigel Rock, who is leading the investigation, said: "Due to the injuries sustained by the victim, we have treated this incident with the utmost seriousness since Friday and this has now become a murder investigation. "I would appeal to anyone who may have been in or around Axbridge Road in the early hours of Friday to come forward and speak to police if they have not done so already."
Mr Sayeed's family said on Saturday that doctors told them his chances of survival were nil.
His wife was flying over from Pakistan to see her husband before his life support machine was due to be switched off.