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The family of a man kicked in the head say they are aware extremists are trying to use the incident for their own ends<\/figcaption><\/p>\n
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The family of a man who was kicked in the head by police at Manchester Airport has appealed for “calm in all the communities”, an MP has said.<\/p>\n

Paul Waugh, Rochdale MP, said the “traumatised” family wanted to make it clear they had “no political agenda whatsoever” and did not condone political violence.<\/p>\n

Footage was shared online of a Greater Manchester Police firearms officer – who has since been suspended – kicking and stamping on a man as he lay prone on the floor.<\/p>\n

The force said the officer’s actions had come after he and other colleagues were “violently attacked” in Terminal 2 at about 20:30 BST on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Anger over the video led to protests outside Rochdale police station on Wednesday and Thursday nights, with another protest also held in Manchester city centre on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Mr Waugh said the family would not be attending any protests or giving any media interviews as they wanted their privacy protected. <\/p>\n

“The strong message they wanted to give is that they have no political agenda whatsoever,” he told BBC Breakfast<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“They wanted me to issue an appeal for calm among all sorts of different communities in Rochdale.<\/p>\n

“We’ve had a history of unfortunate division in our town and we do not want to go back to those days.”<\/p>\n

He said the family were “acutely aware” there were “extremists of all sides who are keen to hijack this incident for their own ends”. <\/p>\n

“The family are not interested in that at all,” he added. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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GMP said the incident had happened after officers tried to arrest someone in the airport following an earlier fight.<\/p>\n

A police spokesman said there had been a “clear risk” their weapons could be taken from them, and three officers had been taken to hospital, one with a broken nose.<\/p>\n

The force said it understood the \u201cdeep concerns” that had been “widely raised”.<\/p>\n

Last night, solicitor Akhmed Yakoob, who is representing Muhammad Fahir Amaaz who he said was the man who had been kicked, said his condition had worsened on Wednesday night, and a CT scan on Thursday had “revealed there is a cyst on his brain”.<\/p>\n

Mr Waugh said all the family members involved had been treated in hospital but were now recovering at home. <\/p>\n

“One of them was taken to hospital for another scan,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I’m hoping that they’re on the mend but obviously the after effects of the incident like this are difficult to assess immediately at the time.”<\/p>\n

The Independent Office for Police Conduct, which promised a “robust investigation”, said it had received two referrals from GMP. <\/p>\n

The first concerned the use of force by an officer on a man who was detained on the ground, while the second “related to the same officer\u2019s use of [pepper spray] on another man at the airport”, she said.<\/p>\n

Mr Waugh said: “It’s clear that this is a complex, fast-moving incident.<\/p>\n

“But obviously there’s no justification whatsoever for what we’ve seen.”<\/p>\n

He said the IOPC investigation needed to be “thorough” but also “quick”, adding: “They’re independent of the police and I think the family are really encouraged by that.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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