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| Bradford family: Police 'role in radicalising sisters', solicitors say | |
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| UK police were "complicit" in the "grooming and radicalising" of three Bradford sisters believed to be in Syria with their nine children, solicitors for their families say. | UK police were "complicit" in the "grooming and radicalising" of three Bradford sisters believed to be in Syria with their nine children, solicitors for their families say. |
| Officers "actively" encouraged the women to contact their brother thought to be fighting in Syria, solicitors said in a letter to MP Keith Vaz. | |
| There was "reckless disregard" for the consequences of such contact, they say. | There was "reckless disregard" for the consequences of such contact, they say. |
| Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood and their children went missing on 9 June. | Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood and their children went missing on 9 June. |
| An Islamic State (IS) smuggler in charge of some of the border operations told the BBC the Dawoods had been taken into Syria in two groups. | An Islamic State (IS) smuggler in charge of some of the border operations told the BBC the Dawoods had been taken into Syria in two groups. |
| He said the first group crossed from Turkey into Syria on Wednesday, while the second followed on Thursday. | He said the first group crossed from Turkey into Syria on Wednesday, while the second followed on Thursday. |
| On Tuesday, two of their husbands made an emotional appeal for them to return. | On Tuesday, two of their husbands made an emotional appeal for them to return. |
| Akhtar Iqbal and Mohammed Shoaib said they "could not live" without their families and begged them to come home. | Akhtar Iqbal and Mohammed Shoaib said they "could not live" without their families and begged them to come home. |
| In the letter to Mr Vaz - chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee - solicitors representing Mr Shoaib and Mr Iqbal said they were "extremely disappointed" with the way the case had been handled. | |
| They expressed "grave concerns" that officers from the North East Counter Terrorism Unit (NECTU) had allegedly been "actively promoting and encouraging" the three sisters to contact their brother. | |
| "It would appear that there has been a reckless disregard as to the consequences of any such contact on the families." | |
| The letter continued: "Plainly, by the NECTU allowing this contact they have been complicit in the grooming and radicalising of the women." |