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| Major investigation as parents take boy with brain tumour from hospital | Major investigation as parents take boy with brain tumour from hospital |
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| A "major investigation" is under way, including a social media campaign, to find a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour after he was taken by his parents from hospital without the consent of doctors. | |
| CCTV footage showed Ashya King being taken in his wheelchair by his father Brett King in a wheelchair from Southampton General Hospital at around 2pm yesterday. | |
| https://twitter.com/HantsPolice/status/505238946792898560 | |
| His family, including his mother Naghemeh King, and six siblings then boarded a ferry from Portsmouth to Cherbourg in northern France. | |
| Hampshire Constabulary said there are serious concerns for the boy's life as he needs constant medical care. | |
| Detective Superintendent Dick Pearson, of the Hampshire Major Investigation Team, said Ashya King "needs to be taken to a medical facility for his urgent health requirements as soon as he is located." | |
| He urged Facebook and Twitter users to help track down the family, as the force tweeted images of the parents and posted a picture of the type of car they are travelling in. | |
| https://twitter.com/HantsPolice/status/505237953778810880 | |
| https://twitter.com/HantsPolice/status/505237836195708928 | |
| Police said the family, who live in St David's Road, Southsea, arrived in France at 8pm local time on Thursday night. | |
| Ashya is likely to be in a wheelchair or buggy, he cannot communicate verbally and is immobile, a police spokesman said. | Ashya is likely to be in a wheelchair or buggy, he cannot communicate verbally and is immobile, a police spokesman said. |
| The family are travelling in a grey-coloured Hyundai I800 Style CRDI, registration KP60 HWK, and they are still believed to be in France. | The family are travelling in a grey-coloured Hyundai I800 Style CRDI, registration KP60 HWK, and they are still believed to be in France. |
| In a statement Hampshire Constabulary said: "We are working with our counterparts in France to activate their emergency child rescue alert procedures to locate the family as soon as possible. | |
| "If we do not locate Ashya today there are serious concerns for his life. He is receiving constant medical care within the UK due to recent surgery and ongoing medical issues. | "If we do not locate Ashya today there are serious concerns for his life. He is receiving constant medical care within the UK due to recent surgery and ongoing medical issues. |
| "Without this specialist 24-hour care Ashya is at risk of additional health complications which place him at substantial risk." | "Without this specialist 24-hour care Ashya is at risk of additional health complications which place him at substantial risk." |
| Anyone with information about Ashya's whereabouts should contact Hampshire Constabulary on 101, quoting Operation Aquilion. |