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Missing Syria girls' parents criticise police over letter Missing Syria girls' parents criticise police over letter
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The parents of three girls feared to be in Syria say police failed to pass on a letter that would have alerted them.The parents of three girls feared to be in Syria say police failed to pass on a letter that would have alerted them.
Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, left their London homes last month and are thought to have joined Islamic State.Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, left their London homes last month and are thought to have joined Islamic State.
It has emerged they had been spoken to by police at Bethnal Green Academy about a friend who had gone missing.It has emerged they had been spoken to by police at Bethnal Green Academy about a friend who had gone missing.
The Guardian says the girls were given letters to take home, which they hid rather than showing to their parents. The Guardian says the girls were given letters to take home, which they hid rather than showing to their parents
Detectives visited the school in east London in February and handed letters, requesting permission to take a formal statement, to friends of a 15-year-old whose disappearance had been investigated by counter-terrorism police.Detectives visited the school in east London in February and handed letters, requesting permission to take a formal statement, to friends of a 15-year-old whose disappearance had been investigated by counter-terrorism police.
The families told the newspaper they found the letters in textbooks only after the girls left. 'In the dark'
They say such important information should have been given to them directly. The families, who told the newspaper they found the letters in textbooks only after the girls left, say such important information should have been given to them directly.
Vice News published the letter in which police reassured parents they were "not investigating your own daughter" or "under suspicion of doing anything wrong".
Renu Begum, sister of Shamima, told the Guardian they were "kept in the dark".
She said: "We would have been able to prevent it if we knew there was a terrorism investigation by SO15 [Scotland Yard counter-terrorism command]. It would have made us know how serious it was."
Hussen Abase, father of Amira, said: "The police neglected us, the school neglected us. It would have definitely alarmed me… 100% I would have stopped her. They did not warn us, they did not contact us at all."