Death of Shukri Abdi

Death of Shukri Abdi
Photograph of a young woman
Date27 June 2019
LocationRiver Irwell, England
CauseDrowning
DeathsShukri Abdi
Burial5 July 2019[1]
VerdictAccident

Shukri Yahye-Abdi drowned in the River Irwell, England, on 27 June 2019.[2] Aged 12, she was a refugee from Somalia who had lived in a refugee camp in Kenya until moving to England in 2017.[3][4] She was with pupils from her school, Broad Oak High School, at the time of her death.[5] Subsequent to her death, police reported there were no suspicious circumstances;[6] however, Abdi's mother reported conflicting information and said that she had been complaining to her daughter's school about incidents of bullying for over a year.[5]

An inquest initiated in 2019 and completed in December 2020 concluded that Abdi's death was an accident.[7][8][9] Broad Oak High School launched an internal investigation into the subject of bullying.[5] Abdi's family have been dissatisfied by responses by the police and the school.[10] An investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over whether they were poorly treated for racially motivated reasons did not find evidence that they were.[11] In January 2021, the family launched a civil suit against police.[12]

Protests and a petition for a criminal investigation began with the Justice4Shukri campaign in July 2019, the petition garnering a million signatures by June 2020.[13][14] Black Lives Matter protests across the United Kingdom marked the first anniversary of Abdi's death.[3]

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