New Footage Leading Up To Manchester Cop Kicking Muslim In The Head Paints A More Complete Picture

Shocking CCTV footage from Manchester Airport last night revealed that three police officers were 'viciously' attacked in the moments before one of them kicked a teenager in the head.

Investigators were this weekend poring over the video, which exposes a series of violent assaults and sheds new light on an incident that has provoked uproar and allegations of police brutality and racism.

It comes as concerns grow that the officers involved may have to go into hiding amid protests and fears of intimidation. Senior police sources concede that one of the officers – who kicked 19-year-old Fahir Muhammed Amas in the head – appears to have lost control.

However, they insist that the full picture is far more complicated than has been portrayed.

'All three of the officers have been violently attacked,' a well-connected source told the MoS this weekend. Sources believe some of the officers may even have temporarily lost consciousness during the violent attack.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham last night described the incident as 'a complicated situation with two sides to it', adding: 'It is why I urged people not to rush to judgement.'

The dramatic CCTV footage, which emerged online last night, shows:

Fahir punching a female police officer in the face, breaking her nose, before knocking down a second woman officer;
His brother Amaad throwing a barrage of 'full-blooded' punches at an armed male officer, leaving him stunned and slumped on the floor;
Fahir punching the male officer and grabbing him by the neck in a 'chokehold', which he released only when one of the female officers tasered him.