A Labour councillor's son who was detained in Turkey on suspicion of trying to enter Syria illegally is being flown back to the UK, it has been claimed.
Waheed Ahmed, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, and eight of his relatives were stopped by Turkish authorities as they allegedly tried to cross the border into the war-torn country on April 1.
A childhood friend of detained Briton Waheed Ahmed has spoken today about his shock at the arrest of the 21-year-old student.
Bassat Yousaf, who said he had known Ahmed, for 15 years described him as "a nice person, a really humble guy" and someone who "was just the same person that he was when he was in high school".
He said: "I didn't see any change in him whatsoever. He was a nice guy, I used to see him daily, I used to see him going up and down getting a milkshake.
"Seeing him on the news came as a shock for me. He didn't seem that kind of person. He was a family guy and not the kind of person they are talking about."
Yousaf, who said he had seen his friend collecting money for victims of the Syria conflict before he learned he had gone to Turkey, said he was "very shocked" to see the news of Ahmed's arrest after allegedly trying to cross the border and thought "he might have gone there to help".
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