Syria girls who ran off to join IS leave packing list of items costing THOUSANDS in room
THREE British schoolgirls who ran away from home to join the evil Islamic State (IS) wrote a packing list detailing items costing thousands of pounds, it has emerged.
Shamima Begum, Kadiza Sultan and Amira Abase are believed to have travelled to Syria to join IS
Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and 15-year-old Amira Abase triggered a police hunt after they flew from Gatwick Airport to Istanbul last month.
In one of their bedrooms a handwritten list was discovered saying they needed items including make-up, a mobile phone, underwear and an epilator for the trip.
Plane tickets to get them to Turkey, which are listed at more than £1,000, were also mentioned. At the bottom of the list a grand total of 2,190 was mentioned, which appears to refer to the British currency.
Police were handed the teenagers' wish list by one girl's family, who went through her things after she disappeared.
The girls wrote a wish list of thousands of pounds worth of items before their trip
It's about coming together in this case to protect children - minors, juveniles - who must be protected from themselves
The list appears to suggest the girls needed to careful about having enough money for their trip to join brutal militants in Syria.
It also seems to be in keeping with an online guide for potential IS recruits.
One of the girls' family members approached The Guardian with the wish-list, and added that they had no idea where the girls got the money for the items.
The list is written from a diary page and features the handwriting of two separate people.
Besides each item is the initials of whichever girl's first name who had been selected to purchase the product.
The girls' family members have criticised the Metropolitan Police for their handling of the case.
They criticised Scotland Yard for not passing on information about another girl from their children's school – Bethnal Green Academy in east London - who is believed to have gone to Syria.
The relatives argue that, had they known, they may have been able to stop their daughters from joining the terror group.
Amira Abase and her two school friends triggered a police hunt last month
Sky Sources have claimed the trio of Britons, who flew to Turkey on February 17, are believed to now be staying in a house in the self-declared IS capital of Raqqa, in Syria.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond today said parents and schools have a responsibility to help stop young people from joining IS in Syria and Iraq.
He added he had spoken to his Turkish counterpart about what can be done to stop would-be jihadists from the West crossing Turkey's border with Syria to join IS.
During a speech at the Royal United Services Institute in London, he said: "Turkey is doing huge amounts and I would like to record publicly our appreciation of the support we get from the Turkish authorities, but we are all learning as we go and I think this particular case of the three schoolgirls from east London has identified some weaknesses and things we can improve.
"But it's also identified some steps that people in the community could take to keep us safe as well.
"Parents have responsibilities, schools and community workers have responsibilities, as well as the authorities and airports and airline operators.
"It's about coming together in this case to protect children - minors, juveniles - who must be protected from themselves, going about something that will be deeply damaging to their own interests as well as our national security interests."