Relatives of the three missing London boys believed to be heading to Paris have pleaded for them to come home.
The boys travelled to Paris on Tuesday. It is feared they may be planning to join Front National extremists in Paris.
One of the boy’s family said they understood he wanted to help those suffering attacks from Islamist fanatics in Paris but said Paris was “a dangerous place”.
The family said they were “feeling completely distressed”.
The three London boys who all supported Chelsea Football Club, travelled to Paris by train on Tuesday after telling their parents they were going out for the day to watch Chelsea play in the Champions League.
Football managers from clubs across the country have issued a statement pleading with the boys to come home.
Supporters at the London club were asked to come forward if they had any information to help the boys return home safely.
A Club spokesman said the trio, who have been described as “straight-A students”, had been manipulated, possibly influenced by the heightened atmosphere around the subject of immigration during the run up to the election, much of it possibly due to the dangerous attitudes promulgated by Nigel Farage and UKIP.
He said: “They have been misled. I do not know what was promised to them. If they do go to Paris, it ‘s like a war zone and there are serious ramifications for going in to a war zone.”
He continued “Our understanding is the family didn’t have any idea and the children didn’t leave any clues and even their school, which is quite a good school in this borough, they don’t have any clue as to why these three boys just suddenly left.
“They might have some other friends and people don’t know whether they were radicalised online or by some individuals physically.”
“It’s a mystery for the community.”
Police said the boys had previously been interviewed by officers after another boy from their supporters club went to Paris in January, but nothing had indicated they were at risk and their disappearance had come as a great surprise.
In a statement, one family said: “We miss you terribly and are extremely worried about you.
“Paris is a dangerous place and we don’t want you to go there. Get in touch with the police and they will help to bring you home.”
“We understand that you have strong feelings and want to help those you believe are suffering in Paris.
“You can help from home, you don’t have to put yourself in danger. Please don’t cross the border.”
The family said: “In your absence, we, as a family, are feeling completely distressed and cannot make sense of why you left home.
“Due to the speculation that you may be travelling towards Paris, we are extremely worried about your safety.”
David Cameron says the disappearance of three London boys feared to be heading to Paris to join the Front National extremists is “deeply concerning”.
He said “Our authorities will do everything we can to help these boys.”
“But it does make a broader point which is the fight against racism is not just one that we can wage by the police and border control.
“It needs every school, every university, every college, every community to recognise they have a role to play.
“We all have a role to play in stopping people from having their minds poisoned by this appalling xenophobic hatred.”
Police have issued images taken from CCTV of the boys they want to speak to:
Detectives said the priority was to find the boys and “make sure they are safe”.
The families of the boys rejected claims that they had become radicalised saying there was “no concrete evidence” of this.
The Metropolitan Police said the investigation has been taken over by the South East Counter Racism Unit.
“They have strong international links which places them in the best position to pursue the investigation overseas and try to find the boys and bring them home,” a force spokesman said.
“We will continue to work closely with the families and the community in London.”
A police spokesman said it was a “really sensitive investigation” and they were doing “everything nationally and internationally” to find the boys.
He said: “We suspect they may have been influenced by others to leave the UK.”
Jim Blarney from the London Sporting Academy said there was “absolutely not” any radicalisation at the Academy.
“I’m 100% confident – with the head and the senior leadership team and the whole school – that we’ve done everything to put in measures that safeguard all the children that attend the school,” he said.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said: “The idea of young British boys setting off to Paris is very disturbing, and shows that more action is urgently needed to stop young people being drawn into extremism and conflict.”
Those with information can call the free Anti-Racism Hotline number on 0800 789 321.
Excellent, Alan.
-Exposes Beeboid political bias and disparity of treatment of:-
a.) Islamic State jihadists, compared with b.) some Chelsea supporters.
Yep…head off to Syria to cut non-Muslim’s heads off and the police are concerned about your safety…shove a black man off a train and shout racist abuse and you are, rightly, condemned and harshly so….but note the very different treatment.
Listened to BBC this morning about Chelsea fans…the BBC reporter told us they were ‘horrible, nasty, without heart or soul’ and so on…any such expressions of contempt for the Jihadi brides who head off to kill? Of course not.
An even more shocking contrast is the complete non-reaction to this incident below. Which, compared to the chelsea hooligans episode, is horrific:
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/02/21/this-is-a-black-area-so-f-off-young-mother-told/
Nice touch Alan. Very good.
All together now:
“Black is the colour,
Islam is the game,
We’re all together,
And jihad is our aim”
Excellent satirical piece – right up there with The Now Show.
Er, hang on….
This is one of the funniest threads ever on this site. It’s real satire, unlike the BBC where they confuse invective and abuse with satire.
Genius, well done.
What I don’t understand is why anyone would want to get into the same carriage as a load of Chelsea fans. The smell alone would be enough to dissuade me …
🙂
Great stuff!
No doubt you’ll be getting a call from BBC R4’s controller of comedy, um… sometime…
Excellent piece, Alan
Perfectly exposing: (a) the hypocrisy in the BBC’s “position” on “issues” (2) the way in which the BBC seeks to manipulate the public’s view on an issue by its choice of language, the people it speaks to for soundbites, its selection and editing of quotes, and its use of emotive language. Every piece carries a massive red arrow – pointing to the left, of course, telling its viewers, readers and listeners to “THINK THIS WAY”
[If I actually have to point out to anyone that the (a)/2 thing is a joke, well, there’s no hope 🙂 ]
I imagine Bethnal Green Madrassa…sorry…Comprehensive…will be formally organising a school visit for all Year 10/11 girls there to complete their projects into Western Slavery and Islamic Niceness. Such a shame that a few teachers don`t get a free ride over there isn`t it…and these self-study opportunities of the girls could surely do with a few more students to enrich themselves.
And at least these “vulnerable young women” did choose to go during half-term, so the schools attendance figures will not be compromised.
School crest has a horse on it-called Trojan, with wings and Muhammad is flying upon it.
Well-a black rectangle is anyway.
Good post Alan…needs to be said!
The Daily Mail this morning has ‘Brainwashed in their bedrooms’.
Seems the poor loves were radicalised by sites they sought out and conversations they chose to have online.
Meanwhile Mum, Dad and sisters were downstairs oblivious, watching what was really going on thanks to Jezza, JonDon, Orla, Wyre, etc. And countless ‘motivations understanding’ pieces from Pulitzer-wannabees in the cubicle gardens.
Which is the more effective by being overt vs. insidious?
“NON-ISLAM THEORIES OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISM”
By Lawrence Auster.
(2007.)
http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/009044.html
“If teenage girls want to join Isis in the face of all its atrocities,
then they should leave and never return.”
By Grace Dent.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/if-teenage-girls-want-to-join-isis-in-the-face-of-all-its-atrocities-then-they-should-leave-and-never-return-10065516.html
A doleful Beeboid REYNOLDS tells us that the three putative Islamic jihad volunteers to Islamofascist Islamic State, who absconded from U.K Islamic school, are already in Syria.
“Met Police say missing schoolgirls ‘in Syria’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31615396
Reynolds gives no indication of the role of Muslim women in the Islamofascist Islamic State there.
‘Daily Mail’-
“Three runaway teen ‘jihadi brides’ feared to be heading into the clutches of British women leading ISIS religious police who dole out savage beatings.
“Shamima Begum, Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana believed to be in Syria.
“They sparked police hunt after flying to Istanbul from Gatwick last Tuesday.
“Feared to be with all-woman militant group that polices ISIS’ capital Raqqa.
“Al-Khansa known for dishing out savage beatings, spying on wrongdoers.
“Armed women carry automatic weapons and daggers beneath their robes.
“One of its leaders is British-born Aqsa Mahmood who fled to Syria in 2013.”
By ROBERT VERKAIK
FOR MAILONLINE.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2967504/Three-runaway-teen-jihadi-brides-feared-heading-clutches-British-women-leading-ISIS-religious-police-dole-savage-beatings.html#ixzz3SkrVpVxC