Fears for Syria-bound London schoolgirls suspected of trying to join Islamic State
London: Three schoolgirls have fled the UK in a suspected bid to travel to Syria and join the Islamic State group.
Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and an un-named 15-year-old, all from east London, flew to Istanbul, in Turkey, from Gatwick airport on Tuesday without leaving any messages behind for family or friends.
Scotland Yard detectives urgently appealed for information about the missing girls, who all go to the Bethnal Green Academy school and were described as "straight-A students".
