Two brothers have been charged with assault following a brawl at Manchester Airport. The footage, which took place in the summer, was widely shared on social media. In July, partial videos of the incident showed an officer kicking 20-year-old Fahir Muhammed Amas during an attempted arrest of him and his 25-year-old brother Amaad. Their then lawyer Akhmed Yakoob claimed the incident had been an "attempted assassination" which led to protests in the brothers' home town of Rochdale.

But new CCTV footage showed another side to the fracas. It showed that the three police officers involved in the incident had allegedly been attacked first, leaving a WPC with a broken nose and another officer slumped on the floor. Now the CPS have confirmed that two men, have been charged with assaults on police officers on July 23. It added that none of the police officers will face charges. Mohammed Amaaz is charged with two offences of causing actual bodily harm, one charge of assaulting an emergency worker and one charge of common assault, while Muhammed Amaad, 25, is charged with causing actual bodily harm. The two defendants will appear at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on January 16, 2025.

Today, Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Stephen Watson said he welcomed the decision. "I welcome today's decisions from the Crown Prosecution Service to charge two men with assaults on our officers and a member of the public at Manchester Airport earlier this year," he said. "I also welcome their decision to take no further criminal action against serving officers. I appreciate that a full and thorough independent investigation has led to this outcome. Following this decision, I have lifted the suspension of the officer involved."

In August, the family, alongside their new laywer Aamer Anwar appeared together in a press conference. The mother involved in the violent incident claimed she was left badly bruised after being "attacked" by a police officer.