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| Three British teenagers returned to UK after being arrested in Turkey suspected of trying to travel to Syria to join Isis | |
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| Three teenagers have returned to UK after being detained in Turkey suspected of travelling to join Isis | Three teenagers have returned to UK after being detained in Turkey suspected of travelling to join Isis |
| Three teenagers believed to have travelled to Turkey to join Isis have now been returned to the UK after being arrested in Istanbul. | Three teenagers believed to have travelled to Turkey to join Isis have now been returned to the UK after being arrested in Istanbul. |
| Two 17-year-old boys from north west London and a 19-year-old man detained by Turkish authorities Istanbul were returned to the UK yesterday and are now in a central London police station. | Two 17-year-old boys from north west London and a 19-year-old man detained by Turkish authorities Istanbul were returned to the UK yesterday and are now in a central London police station. |
| Turkish officials believe that they were planning to travel across the border to join militant group Isis, also known as Islamic State, reports Reuters. | Turkish officials believe that they were planning to travel across the border to join militant group Isis, also known as Islamic State, reports Reuters. |
| The Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) have now arrested all three males on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts. | The Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) have now arrested all three males on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts. |
| None of them have yet been charged. | None of them have yet been charged. |
| Police were made aware that the teenagers intended to travel to Syria and alerted the Turkish authorities who were able to intercept them before crossing the border. | Police were made aware that the teenagers intended to travel to Syria and alerted the Turkish authorities who were able to intercept them before crossing the border. |
| It comes just weeks after an international police hunt was launched to find three London schoolgirls who remain missing after travelling to Turkey in February. | It comes just weeks after an international police hunt was launched to find three London schoolgirls who remain missing after travelling to Turkey in February. |
| Amira Abase, Kadiza Sultana and Shamima Begum caught on CCTV at Gatwick airport on their way to Turkey last month | Amira Abase, Kadiza Sultana and Shamima Begum caught on CCTV at Gatwick airport on their way to Turkey last month |
| GCSE pupils Amira Abase, 15, Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, are now believed to have reached Isis’s de facto capital of Raqqa, in Syria. | GCSE pupils Amira Abase, 15, Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, are now believed to have reached Isis’s de facto capital of Raqqa, in Syria. |
| CCTV footage has since emerged, showing the three girls waiting for a bus to the Syrian border. An interpreter can be heard saying “take the Syrian passports, one, two, three”, before adding, “it's nice” as a car can be heard driving off. | CCTV footage has since emerged, showing the three girls waiting for a bus to the Syrian border. An interpreter can be heard saying “take the Syrian passports, one, two, three”, before adding, “it's nice” as a car can be heard driving off. |
| A fourth girl – who attended Bethnal Green Academy with the girls who went missing in April – who left in December and is believed to have left to become a Jihadi bride was named last week by police as 15-year-old Shermeena Begum. | A fourth girl – who attended Bethnal Green Academy with the girls who went missing in April – who left in December and is believed to have left to become a Jihadi bride was named last week by police as 15-year-old Shermeena Begum. |