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FUNERAL PRAYERS WERE said today in Blanchardstown, Dublin, for the wife and three children of Dr Taufiq Al Sattar.
The family of the Dublin-based neurosurgeon perished in a house fire in Leicester on 13 September. Eight men have been charged with their deaths in the suspected arson attack.
RTÉ reports that up to 2,000 people were in attendance at the prayers today, ahead of the burial in Newcastle Cemetery of 47-year-old Shehnila Taufiq and her three children aged 15, 17 and 19-years-old.
At the service today, the doctor, who is based in Beaumont Hospital, thanked everyone for the support he had received since the tragedy. He described himself as being like a “bird without any wings” and said he would now dedicate his life to his work and to giving back to the community.
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This case should be an awakening for those that defend the “State” at all costs, I really hope that this case will conclude. With peace for her family and justice for this brave journalist
The EU inspectors came back from Malta last week and are deeply concerned by a perception of a lack of a rule of law. They will now be audited to determine whether there is a lack of a rule of law on the island. Conveniently these arrests are made the following week; the Prime Minister was her biggest enemy and it would appear that organised crime has taken over elements of the Maltese government. It’s a really interesting and scary story.
Any statement by our prime minister should be taken with a bucketful of salt . This stinks of a frame-up.
The European Mafia Commission urged to “probe the murder.”….now that’s a joke.
@methodical2020: __ Never heard of it, is it new?
If this had been one of the darlings of the right in journalism. there would have been hell to pay. but it’s just someone stirring things up against the establishment. move on.
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