Zeenat Abdala (L) and her neice Lutfiya Salum
Monday, December 16, 2013
Police are appealing for information to trace a missing six-year-old girl and her teenage aunt.
Zeenat Abdala, 16, and her niece Lutfiya Salum were last seen at around
noon on Saturday as they left their home in South Norwood, in Croydon, south London, to go to the library.
Police were alerted when the pair did not return home. It is understood they did not arrive at the library in Lawrence Road.
The youngsters came to the UK from Somalia earlier this year as unaccompanied minors and live in foster care, Scotland Yard said.
It is believed the girls may be travelling to meet family who recently arrived in the UK.
Officers are concerned for their safety and welfare and have urged the
girls to contact police or their foster carers as soon as possible.
Zeenat is described as a light skinned black girl with a slim face and
slim build, 5ft 1in tall with black hair always in a headscarf. She is
also described as looking younger than her age.
She was last seen wearing a plain brown silk headscarf, a
three-quarter-length chocolate brown coat with brown fur on the hood,
underneath a brown cardigan with a fruit pattern and a long red/black and yellow dress with black leggings.
She was wearing pink sandals and carrying a brown shoulder bag with a flower pattern.
Lutfiya is also described as a light skinned black girl with round face and black hair in a bun.
She was last seen wearing a pink blouse, pink leggings, pink socks with
a blue pattern and black shoes, a grey cardigan and a
three-quarter-length brown hooded coat with a black pattern. The coat was hooded with brown fur.
It is believed Zeenat has access to money, a mobile phone and regularly uses the transport network.