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| Missing girl Shannon found alive | |
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| Missing West Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has been found alive. | |
| Relative Victoria Saunders confirmed the girl had been found. Unconfirmed reports said she had been found in Lidgate Gardens in Batley Carr. | |
| West Yorkshire Police are yet to confirm the news but said they were looking into reports the nine-year-old had been found. | West Yorkshire Police are yet to confirm the news but said they were looking into reports the nine-year-old had been found. |
| Shannon was last seen leaving Westmoor Junior School in Dewsbury on 19 February. | |
| Neighbours said police smashed their way into a flat in Lidgate Gardens in Batley Carr and emerged carrying Shannon. | |
| The young girl looked "quite calm" and officers confirmed that she was ok, the neighbours added. | |
| Shannon's aunt Amanda Hyett said the schoolgirl's mother Karen Matthews had been driven away by police from the family home shortly before 1400 GMT. | Shannon's aunt Amanda Hyett said the schoolgirl's mother Karen Matthews had been driven away by police from the family home shortly before 1400 GMT. |
| Earlier this week mother-of-seven Mrs Matthews, 32, said she believed someone she knows had snatched her daughter to hurt her. | Earlier this week mother-of-seven Mrs Matthews, 32, said she believed someone she knows had snatched her daughter to hurt her. |
| Mrs Matthews said: "She got abducted. That's all I can say." | Mrs Matthews said: "She got abducted. That's all I can say." |
| More than 200 officers and 60 detectives have been involved in the search, which police said amounted to 10% of West Yorkshire Police's operational strength. | More than 200 officers and 60 detectives have been involved in the search, which police said amounted to 10% of West Yorkshire Police's operational strength. |
| Officers have searched nearly 3,000 residential and commercial premises in the hunt for the schoolgirl. | Officers have searched nearly 3,000 residential and commercial premises in the hunt for the schoolgirl. |
| The police's focus on the hunt for Shannon has always focused on the local community. | The police's focus on the hunt for Shannon has always focused on the local community. |