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Man who tried to enter Syria 'flown back to UK'

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.

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Iman: Arrest of Rochdale residents is 'last thing we need'

A Rochdale Iman has said the arrest of nine of the town's residents, alleged to have been trying to cross the border into Syria, was the "last thing we need".

Iman Irfan Chishti, of the Rochdale Council of Mosques, said: "We are shocked to hear this has happened in our town.

"Rochdale has had its fair share of negative publicity of late, given the grooming issue, and this is the last thing we need."

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