ACCIDENT: Shukri Abdi THE family of a young girl, who drowned in the River Irwell in Bury while out playing with friends, have confirmed they are suing Greater Manchester Police, claiming institutional racism. 12-year-old Shukri Abdi died in June 2019 after the girl she was swimming with, referred to as Child One, lost contact with her. A coroner at Rochdale Coroner’s Court ruled that the other child knew that she could not swim and took her into deep water, and that a duty of care existed which was breached. But Joanne Kearsley, senior coroner for Manchester North, concluded that there was no evidence that Child One had any intention to kill Shukri.
ACCIDENT: Shukri Abdi THE family of a young girl, who drowned in the River Irwell in Bury while out playing with friends, have confirmed they are suing Greater Manchester Police, claiming institutional racism. 12-year-old Shukri Abdi died in June 2019 after the girl she was swimming with, referred to as Child One, lost contact with her. A coroner at Rochdale Coroner’s Court ruled that the other child knew that she could not swim and took her into deep water, and that a duty of care existed which was breached. But Joanne Kearsley, senior coroner for Manchester North, concluded that there was no evidence that Child One had any intention to kill Shukri.