A father who allegedly abandoned his two children in the wreckage of a car crash after they were seriously injured, has been arrested by police.

Detectives believe Umbar Ali was driving a Vauxhall Zafira, which was involved in a collision with an Alfa Romeo in Bradford, West Yorkshire on Saturday night.

Two children, aged two and four, were discovered by police officers in the Zafira alone.

They were taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Officers believe Ali, 39, from Bradford is the father of the youngsters.

The accident happened in Queen’s Road at the junction with Valley Road, Manningham, at around 9.30pm.

Ali is thought to have fled the scene, sparking a manhunt.

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: ‘We can confirm a 39-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.’

He said the man has been detained on suspicion of failing to stop at the scene of an accident.

Officers had been concerned that Ali may have been injured in the accident and could require treatment in hospital.

Two people in the Alfa Romeo, aged 34 and 32, were freed from the vehicle by firefighters and taken to hospital with suspected spinal injuries and a broken collar bone.

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He is barely old enough to go to infant school, let alone fight in a savage civil war.

Yet this youngster, believed to be just four years old, is one of the latest ‘cub jihadists’ recruited for bloody battle in Syria.

He can be seen firing rounds from an automatic assault rifle in a shocking video that has emerged from the war-torn country.

Counter-terrorism officials say it is further evidence of how jihadists are grooming children to become fighters, as  Al Qaeda factions strive to establish a Taliban-like Islamic state in Syria.

The disturbing footage was posted on YouTube and is believed to be that of a son of a jihadist from Albania who is one of thousands of foreigners fighting with Al Qaeda in Syria.

The youngster, who wears a black ski mask, can be seen firing shots from a black AK-47-style automatic assault rifle with a folding stock.

He is so small that the barrel of the gun has to be supported by a section of road block so that he can cope with its weight.

The child opens fire to shouts of Allahu Akbar – Arabic for ‘God is Greater’ – before an arm reaches down and retrieves the weapon.

The video emerged as French President Francois Hollande yesterday claimed as many as 700 Britons are among extremists fighting in the Syrian civil war.

Speaking at a press conference after talks with David Cameron, the president said: ‘We have young people who live in our respective countries who are being manipulated, and they are going off to the combat areas.

‘Today we were exchanging figures – 600 to 700 young people are involved in each of our countries.’

That is almost double the most recent estimate by experts and comes amid ‘huge concern’ from security chiefs that the young jihadists will target Britain when they return from fighting in Syria.

The video of the four-year-old first emerged on January 21 on a YouTube channel operated by a jihadist who claimed to be based in northern Syria. It was entitled in Arabic: ‘A message from one of the cubs of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.’

The footage was removed after it was exposed by an American-based ‘anti-jihad’ activist who claimed it was evidence of child abuse.

Copies of the video, however, remained in circulation on other online channels.

Suspected British Al Qaeda fighters in Syria have been circulating other images showing children being trained to use deadly weapons in a jihad training camp.

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A father who battered his three-year-old son to death in a ‘volcanic explosion of rage’ after giving the lactose intolerant toddler a glass of milk is facing years behind bars. Mohammed Ahmed suffered catastrophic injuries typically found in car crash victims, including a lacerated liver, bleeding on the brain and fractured ribs.

He was rushed to St George’s Hospital, Tooting, southwest London, where he died from his injuries last March 11, just six days before his fourth birthday.

Mahad Ahmed, 43, beat Mohammed to death in a fit a rage at the family home in Streatham.

The mother of three-year-old Mikaeel Kular has been charged in connection with the death of her son after his body was found in Fife.

Rosdeep Kular, 33, was detained on Friday night and arrested and charged on Saturday. She is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday.

Mikaeel was reported missing from his Edinburgh home on Thursday morning, prompting a major search.

Hundreds of people attended a memorial service for him on Saturday evening.

Deacon Helen Fisher, who led the service, had asked the congregation to light candles at 19:00 on Sunday.

Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham, of Police Scotland, told a briefing outside police headquarters in Edinburgh on Saturday evening that the investigation into the disappearance of Mikaeel had continued “at pace”.

“Following formal identification, I can now confirm that a 33-year-old woman has been arrested and charged in connection with Mikaeel’s death,” he said.

“The woman is expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday.”

He said police had received more than 500 calls to a dedicated phone line in relation to Mikaeel’s disappearance.

ACC Graham thanked rescue teams and the public for their help in searching for him.

“I would like to again recognise the overwhelming public assistance that Police Scotland have received during the course of this very complex investigation. This includes his family and friends, with whom our thoughts remain,” he said.

The officer said inquiries were continuing, led by the force’s major investigation team.

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