Shukri Abdi: Last News

A body has been found in the River Irwell in Bury, police have said. Emergency services were called to Jubilee Way near the town centre on Monday afternoon.

A coroner's conclusion that the drowning of a 12-year-old Somali refugee was accidental was 'flawed' as it failed to take into account allegations that the girl had been bullied, a court was told. Shukri Abdi, 12, died after getting into difficulties in the river in Bury during a heatwave in June 2019.

died after going into the River Irwell in Bury during a heatwave in June 2019. Three other children - who, for legal reasons, can only be referred to as Child One, Two and Three - were with at the time of her death.On Wednesday (November 26), the inquest, at Rochdale Coroners' Court, was played a recording of a police interview with Child One, who was with Shukri in the river in the moments before she drowned.

died after going into the river in Bury during a heatwave in June 2019. On Wednesday an inquest into her death heard evidence from the girl who was with her in the water in the moments before she drowned.For legal reasons she is referred to as Child One.The inquest was shown a recording of a police interview with Child One which took place on June 28 last year, the day after Shukri’s death.In it Child One described how she and Shukri, a Kenyan-born Somalian refugee who couldn't swim, entered the water together, initially holding hands.Child One said that as she floated in the water on her stomach Shukri grabbed hold of her legs.She said: "She was holding me, she was pulling my legs, I pushed her.