Runaway schoolgirls' family blame Scotland Yard

March 07, 2015 18:22

Relatives of three runaway London schoolgirls - believed to have joined Islamic State extremists in Syria, have criticised Scotland Yard for not passing on "vital" information that the trio were at risk of being radicalised.

The families said they might have been able to intervene if they had known one of the girls' friends was already in Syria and the police had spoken to the trio about it. Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, were each given a letter for their parents, but the girls never passed on the letters to their families.

The police should have given the letter directly to the families, the relatives said. The Metropolitan Police said the girls had not been seen as a flight risk.

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