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| Bradford family: Sisters' husbands to meet MP Keith Vaz | Bradford family: Sisters' husbands to meet MP Keith Vaz |
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| Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz is due to meet the husbands of two of three Bradford women thought to be in Syria with their nine children. | Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz is due to meet the husbands of two of three Bradford women thought to be in Syria with their nine children. |
| Lawyers for Akhtar Iqbal and Mohammed Shoaib wrote to Mr Vaz, accusing police of being "complicit in radicalising" the three sisters. | Lawyers for Akhtar Iqbal and Mohammed Shoaib wrote to Mr Vaz, accusing police of being "complicit in radicalising" the three sisters. |
| It is claimed they were encouraged to contact their brother - thought to be fighting with extremists in Syria. | It is claimed they were encouraged to contact their brother - thought to be fighting with extremists in Syria. |
| West Yorkshire Police said it rejected the suggestion officers were complicit. | West Yorkshire Police said it rejected the suggestion officers were complicit. |
| Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood and their children, aged between three and 15, went missing on 9 June. An Islamic State (IS) smuggler has since told the BBC they have reached Syria. | Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood and their children, aged between three and 15, went missing on 9 June. An Islamic State (IS) smuggler has since told the BBC they have reached Syria. |
| Mr Vaz told the Mail on Sunday the lawyers' claims were "concerning". He later issued a statement confirming he would meet Mr Iqbal, Sugra Dawood's husband, and Mohammed Shoaib, husband of Khadija Dawood. | Mr Vaz told the Mail on Sunday the lawyers' claims were "concerning". He later issued a statement confirming he would meet Mr Iqbal, Sugra Dawood's husband, and Mohammed Shoaib, husband of Khadija Dawood. |
| He told the BBC: "There is always a problem, which we identified in the last parliament, where the families left behind feel they need to be informed and kept updated on what's going on. The difficulty for the authorities of course is they are ongoing investigations. | He told the BBC: "There is always a problem, which we identified in the last parliament, where the families left behind feel they need to be informed and kept updated on what's going on. The difficulty for the authorities of course is they are ongoing investigations. |
| "But it is important to listen to what they have to say, which I will do, and then decide what further action needs to be taken." | "But it is important to listen to what they have to say, which I will do, and then decide what further action needs to be taken." |
| In the letter to the Labour MP for Leicester East, solicitors representing the two fathers said police had shown a "reckless disregard" for the consequences. | |
| "Our clients have made repeated attempts to gain information from the police as to the progress of this investigation," said the letter. "Each request has been met by a wholesale lack of information. Instead the police have been anxious to ensure that there i no criticism of them and their tactics." | |
| They said the home secretary and the foreign secretary will also be receiving letters complaining about the police. | They said the home secretary and the foreign secretary will also be receiving letters complaining about the police. |
| Last week, West Yorkshire Police and the North East Counter Terrorism Unit published a statement which it said was from the women's "parents and family members". It said: "We are... very happy with the help and support we have had from the police and the way they have handled the enquiry. We as a family do not hold ourselves or the police responsible for the actions taken by the three sisters." | |
| The Home Office said it had received the letter from the two fathers and would respond in "due course". | |
| "Our priority is to dissuade people from travelling to areas of conflict and the Prevent strategy is working to identify and support individuals at risk of radicalisation," the Home Office said in a statement. | "Our priority is to dissuade people from travelling to areas of conflict and the Prevent strategy is working to identify and support individuals at risk of radicalisation," the Home Office said in a statement. |