Police search for schoolgirl friends

13 April 2012

Police are today continuing their search for two Essex schoolgirls who have been missing for 48 hours.

Close friends Ayesha Ali, 12, and Mariam Mehmood, 13, did not return home from their school in the Loxford area of Ilford.

A witness claims he saw two girls of their description boarding a bus in Ilford at 9pm on Tuesday.

They are described as wearing school uniforms and as being of Asian appearance.

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