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| Waltham Forest family 'heading for Syria' detained | |
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| A mother and her four children believed to be travelling from London to Syria have been detained in Turkey, police have said. | |
| The family went missing from their home in Waltham Forest, from east London, last week and were thought to have left via London City Airport, the Met said. | |
| Turkish authorities told police officers in London the woman and her children were safe and well. | Turkish authorities told police officers in London the woman and her children were safe and well. |
| Met officers are liaising with the Turkish authorities. | Met officers are liaising with the Turkish authorities. |
| Richard Walton, of the Met's counter-terrorism command, thanked the public and the media for helping to find the family. | |
| He said: "We had very real concerns that she may have been planning to travel with her children to Syria and she has now been detained with the children in Turkey." | He said: "We had very real concerns that she may have been planning to travel with her children to Syria and she has now been detained with the children in Turkey." |