i have been speaking to shukri abdi's mother, zam zam ture, and her nephew, who helped to translate forspeaks little english. we were also joined by the family's lawyer, attiq malik. before we hear from them, here is a reminder about what we know about what happened to the 12—year—old. shukri abdi came to the uk two and a half years ago with her mother and siblings. they were fleeing conflict in somalia. her mum reported her missing at the end of a hot day in latejune. the 12—year—old was found unresponsive in the river irwell in bury. she had drowned. her parents say she could not swim and would not have gone into the river. greater manchester police investigated and call the case a tragic accident. but the family question how the police could have come to that conclusion so quickly. the police watchdog, the iopc, is investigating greater manchester police's handling of the case. the school shukri abdi went to is reviewing its anti—bullying policy. i want to ask you, zam zam, first of all, as shukri's mother, what the last few weeks have been like for you and your family? everyone have

shukri abdi drowned in a river in bury injune.

victoria derbsyhire has been speaking exclusively to the family of shukri abdi.not to come home. after ten hours, when they actually told her that her daughter was found in a river, she said that she knew her daughter would notjust go swimming, she knows her daughter, especially fully clothed. plus, she had to go to madrasa after. she knew her daughter wouldn't do that. normally, her daughter comes home straightaway from school. she had been doing that every day. so, you, as the family, do not believe the police account, which is that shukri drowned and it was a tragic accident. we don't know exactly what happened at the river, but we know shukri very well and we know her character. so out of character for shukri to go near anything that scares her. it is a big thing for a family to say they simply don't believe the police account. what evidence do you have that it was anything other than a tragic accident? the fact of the matter is this. when a family is going through a difficult point like this, they expect support, full and thorough investigation responses by