Turkey claims foreign spy 'helped British girls to Syria'
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Your support makes all the difference.A man has been arrested in Turkey for allegedly helping three British schoolgirls cross into Syria to join Isis militants, according to the country’s Foreign Minister, who accused him of being a foreign spy.
“It turned out to be someone who works for the intelligence of a country from the [US-led] coalition,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told broadcaster A Haber. The minister said he had shared the information with Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.
Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15, went missing after they boarded a flight from Gatwick to Istanbul last month. They are believed to have crossed into the Syrian city Raqqa, an Isis stronghold. Their families have been informed of the apparent arrest, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police confirmed.
A European security source familiar with the case of the three girls told Reuters that the person in question had a connection with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).
The spy agency did not respond to requests for comment.
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