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| Syria girls: CCTV shows UK teenagers at Istanbul bus station | Syria girls: CCTV shows UK teenagers at Istanbul bus station |
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| CCTV pictures have emerged showing three UK schoolgirls on the Turkish leg of what is believed to have been their journey to join Islamic State in Syria. | CCTV pictures have emerged showing three UK schoolgirls on the Turkish leg of what is believed to have been their journey to join Islamic State in Syria. |
| Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, flew from London to Istanbul on 17 February. | Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, flew from London to Istanbul on 17 February. |
| The images show them waiting at Bayrampasa bus station later that day. | The images show them waiting at Bayrampasa bus station later that day. |
| Scotland Yard believes the Bethnal Green Academy students are now in Syria. They are thought to have been met at the border by IS militants. | |
| The BBC understands that the girls waited in the offices of two bus companies at the station, before taking a bus to Urfa, close to the Syrian border, on 18 February. | |
| From there, they are thought to have been driven to a border crossing point by people smugglers. | From there, they are thought to have been driven to a border crossing point by people smugglers. |
| Time codes on the CCTV images suggest the girls were at the bus station, which is on the European side of Istanbul, for nearly 18 hours. | Time codes on the CCTV images suggest the girls were at the bus station, which is on the European side of Istanbul, for nearly 18 hours. |
| The five images were taken between 20:27 local time (18:27 GMT) on 17 February and 13:22 (11:22 GMT) on 18 February. | The five images were taken between 20:27 local time (18:27 GMT) on 17 February and 13:22 (11:22 GMT) on 18 February. |
| They had flown from Gatwick to Turkey after telling their parents they were going out for the day. | They had flown from Gatwick to Turkey after telling their parents they were going out for the day. |
| The girls' families have made a number of emotional appeals for them to return home. | The girls' families have made a number of emotional appeals for them to return home. |
| 'Picked up in cars' | 'Picked up in cars' |
| But sources have suggested the three girls, all described as "straight-A students" at their east London academy, entered Syria near the Kilis border crossing five or six days ago. | But sources have suggested the three girls, all described as "straight-A students" at their east London academy, entered Syria near the Kilis border crossing five or six days ago. |
| BBC correspondent James Reynolds in Gaziantep, south-east Turkey, has been told by a man claiming to be a people smuggler that the girls were driven to the Syrian border. | BBC correspondent James Reynolds in Gaziantep, south-east Turkey, has been told by a man claiming to be a people smuggler that the girls were driven to the Syrian border. |
| The man, who called himself Ali Kathem, said the teenagers then walked the few steps into Syria. | The man, who called himself Ali Kathem, said the teenagers then walked the few steps into Syria. |
| A group of waiting IS men "immediately picked them up with cars", he said. | A group of waiting IS men "immediately picked them up with cars", he said. |
| Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc has said officials would have taken "necessary measures" to intercept the girls had they known about them earlier. | Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc has said officials would have taken "necessary measures" to intercept the girls had they known about them earlier. |
| Scotland Yard has denied taking three days to inform officials in Turkey about the girls' planned journey. | Scotland Yard has denied taking three days to inform officials in Turkey about the girls' planned journey. |
| It said it had started working with Turkish authorities a day after the girls went missing. | It said it had started working with Turkish authorities a day after the girls went missing. |
| They had been studying for their GCSEs. A fourth girl from the school is believed to have travelled to Syria in December. | |
| The school has denied the girls could have been radicalised there. | The school has denied the girls could have been radicalised there. |