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Child abuse inquiry: Met Police investigate three alleged murders Child abuse inquiry: Met Police investigate alleged murders of three young boys
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Detectives probing an alleged historic Westminster paedophile ring are also investigating the murders of three young boys and are appealing for witnesses to come forward, Scotland Yard has said. Detectives probing an alleged historic Westminster paedophile ring are also investigating the murders of three young boys and are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
Detectives from Scotland Yard have appealed for abuse victims and potential witnesses to come forward to assist them in their probe into the historic sex gang, which is codenamed Operation Midland.
Officers made a public appeal for information that related to Dolphin Square estate in Pimlico, London.Officers made a public appeal for information that related to Dolphin Square estate in Pimlico, London.
Detective Superintendent Kenny McDonald, speaking at the launch of Operation Midland at New Scotland Yard, said serious allegations were being investigated. The residential development near Parliament has long been popular with MPs.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Steve Rodhouse said no identities had been confirmed or bodies found, the BBC reports.
Detective Superintendent Kenny McDonald, who is leading the investigation, said serious allegations were also being investigated.
“I appeal to men who were subjected to abuse 30 years ago to come forward," he said.“I appeal to men who were subjected to abuse 30 years ago to come forward," he said.
“We are also investigating the murder of three young boys - we are determined to find answers.”“We are also investigating the murder of three young boys - we are determined to find answers.”
“People  who lived/visited Dolphin Square 1970s will have seen/heard something that only understand significance of now." He said people who lived or visited Dolphin Square in Pimlico, central London, in the 1970s "will have seen or heard something that they only understand the significance of now".
More follows Officers believe the alleged abuse took place at locations in London and the Home Counties including military bases between the mid-1970s and mid-1980s.
An alleged victim - known as Nick - has come forward, claiming he was abused from the age of seven to 16 at a number of locations including a flat in Dolphin Square on the River Thames.
Nick has alleged he was abused by single men, groups of men and at "parties", and that other young boys were present who were also abused, Mr McDonald said.
No further details of the alleged murders were given by detectives.
Additional reporting by PA