Bradford fathers' plea for missing families to return

Two men whose wives have gone missing with nine children and another sister following a religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia have pleaded for the women to get in contact with them.

In a media conference, Akhtar Iqbal said he "could not live" without his wife Sugra Dawood and five children.

Mohammed Shoaib said he had been in "the perfect relationship" with his wife Khadija Dawood and appealed for her to bring his children home.

The authorities fear the women have taken the children to Syria to join Islamic State (IS).

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