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London Mother Charged With Child Abduction

London Mother Charged With Child Abduction

A woman from London has been charged with child abduction following an investigation by counter terrorism police.

Zahera Tariq, 33, of Waltham Forest, is due to appear at Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court later today.

She was arrested at Luton Airport on Thursday evening as she was entering the UK from a flight from Istanbul, Turkey.

She had been detained earlier in Turkey after her four children went missing from their home in northeast London last week. It was feared she was planning to travel to Syria with them.

The Metropolitan Police said Tariq had been charged with one count of child abduction following an investigation by the force's counter terrorism command (SO15).