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Shamima Begum, 16, Kadiza Sultana, 17, and Amira Abase, 16, all of whom attended Bethnal Green Academy in East London, ran away from home in February last year, purportedly after being radicalised by Isis propaganda distributed online.
They travelled to Isis’ “hellishly dangerous” Syrian stronghold of Raqqa and are understood to have maintained contact with their family while living under the terror group’s control.
The familes of Kadiza Sultana, Amira Abase and Shamima Begum had travelled to Turkey in a bid to retrace the missing girls' movements.
But a lawyer who represents the families of Shamima and Kadiza has revealed that all contact with the girls was lost in mid-December – around the time British, American and Russian warplanes stepped up their bombardment of Raqqa.
“They are in Raqqa, or were there certainly up until a few weeks ago,' Tasnime Akunjee told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. He added that as the city is “hellishly dangerous”.
“Contact has been lost with them for some weeks now, so to be honest we have no idea what their status is at the moment,” he added.
Speaking of the girls’ families Mr Akunjee said he could not find the language to describe what they are going through, adding: “Bombs are being dropped in the close proximity of their children.”
British schoolgirls who fled Bethnal Green to join Isis in Raqqa are feared dead after families lose contact
They travelled to Isis’ “hellishly dangerous” Syrian stronghold of Raqqa and are understood to have maintained contact with their family while living under the terror group’s control.
The familes of Kadiza Sultana, Amira Abase and Shamima Begum had travelled to Turkey in a bid to retrace the missing girls' movements.
But a lawyer who represents the families of Shamima and Kadiza has revealed that all contact with the girls was lost in mid-December – around the time British, American and Russian warplanes stepped up their bombardment of Raqqa.
“They are in Raqqa, or were there certainly up until a few weeks ago,' Tasnime Akunjee told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. He added that as the city is “hellishly dangerous”.
“Contact has been lost with them for some weeks now, so to be honest we have no idea what their status is at the moment,” he added.
Speaking of the girls’ families Mr Akunjee said he could not find the language to describe what they are going through, adding: “Bombs are being dropped in the close proximity of their children.”
British schoolgirls who fled Bethnal Green to join Isis in Raqqa are feared dead after families lose contact