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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
UK police believes missing girls are in Syria
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThree teenage girls from London feared to have run off to join the Islamic State (IS) group are believed to have crossed from Turkey into Syria, British police says.
Close friends Kadiza Sultana, 16, and 15-year-olds Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, boarded a flight from London Gatwick to Istanbul last Tuesday. Their families launched a public appeal for them to return home.
London’s Scotland Yard says counter-terrorism detectives leading the search for the teenagers “now have reason to believe that they are no longer in Turkey and have crossed into Syria”.
In a statement it adds: “Officers continue to work closely with the Turkish authorities on this investigation.”
— AFP
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