Shukri abdi
What happened to Shukri Abdi?
On 27 June 2019, the body of Shukri Abdi, a Black Muslim refugee, was found in the River Irwell in Bury. She had drowned. Allegations of murder, racism and cover-up would soon follow, but what was true?
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