epa04659195 A handout combo photograph made available by the London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 21 February 2015 showing (L-R) Kadiza Sultana, Shamima Begum and Amira Abase three schoolgirls who have been reported missing and are believed to be in Syria. The three girls, Shamima Begum, Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase, are close friends, and were last seen on the morning of 17 February 2015 at their home addresses in east London. Reports from Turkey on 15 March 2015 state that a foreign intelligence operative suspected of helping the three British schoolgirls join the Islamic State extremist group has been detained. EPA/LONDON METROPLITAN POLICE / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES