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Greater Manchester Police ‘rotten to the core’
Uproar after officer brutally attacks Muslim men at Manchester Airport
Solicitor Akhmed Yakoob speaks to the media outside Rochdale Police station in Greater Manchester, July 25, 2024

GREATER Manchester Police is rotten to the core and must be dismantled, campaigners charged today after an officer was recorded on video kicking and stamping on a Muslim man’s head at Manchester airport.

Mohammed Fahir, 19, has had a CT scan revealing there is “a cyst on his brain” after his condition worsened overnight, his lawyer said.

The incident was filmed and shared on social media on Wednesday.

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