The extraordinary footage showed a policeman violently kick and stamp on the head of a man who was face down with his hands behind his back on the floor after being tasered. In the clip, a woman could be seen watching on in horror.
Andy Burnham reissued calls for calm this morning amid growing fears that 'tensions could boil over' after shocking new footage from Manchester Airport emerged last night.
Tensions were then raised further when Akhmed Yakoob, a controversial lawyer representing the two men, claimed that the incident had been an 'attempted assassination'. In a video published last night, Mr Yakoob - who refused to comment on the latest footage uncovered by the Mail on Sunday - he claimed 'I do not promote violence' purporting that he had tried to deescalate tensions.
'I've urged everyone not to attend the protest at Manchester Airport. We are not here to put the public life into difficulty, we want justice for the family.' When probed on how long the police investigation could take, Mr Burnham said 'you can't put a timeline on these things' but hoped it would be completed 'as quickly as possible given the huge interest in the whole issue'.
They showed Fahir being kicked in the head and stamped on by a male officer as he lay on the ground in an airport car park on Tuesday night. Despite their lawyer Mr Yakoob being accused of sparking more chaos on the streets of Rochdale, in a TikTok video last night the lawyer insisted he 'does not promote violence'.
As Ammad Amas throws a barrage of punches at a male police officer, his brother Fahir Muhammed Amas smashes a female officer in the face, breaking her nose and making her fall to the ground The Mail on Sunday, however, has spoken to a well-informed source with detailed knowledge of the controversial incident.
The argument is thought to have continued in the baggage hall of Terminal 2, with claims that the male passenger pushed his trolley into the men's mother. He is shown resisting before Amaad throws a barrage of at least six punches at the male police officer, who crumples on to a row of metal seats. 'All the punches were full-blooded haymakers,' the source said. 'He smashed the red-haired officer in the face, poleaxed her basically, flattened her out and broke her nose. How can you smash a woman police officer in the face? It is vile.'
The fight ended only when the first female officer was able to stagger back to her feet and fire her Taser at Fahir, which knocked him over. Sources also fear that the officers involved could be forced into hiding – in a disturbing echo of an incident in 2021 when a religious studies teacher at Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire was forced to leave his home after showing a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad in class.
Read More Reform MP Richard Tice tells Home Secretary Yvette Cooper that men arrested in Manchester airport bust-up with police must be prosecuted 'to fullest extent of the law' - as officer faces criminal assault probe On Wednesday, a large crowd gathered outside Rochdale police station, reportedly shouting 'GMP shame on you', while on Thursday demonstrators blocked roads and tram lines which started outside Mr Burnham's office in central Manchester.
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