Police have launched an urgent appeal to find a missing 11-year-old girl who was last seen on CCTV with a man and a woman.
Fatuma Kadir, from Bolton, was reported missing just before 10.45pm last night and was last seen at London Euston station in the early hours of this morning.
She was seen to have boarded a train from Manchester Piccadilly at 9.27pm to Birmingham New Street before boarding another train from there at 11.10pm to London Euston where she arrived at 1.13am.
CCTV shows the girl travelling with a man and a woman.
Police have released the image of the three of them in hopes of anyone with information comes forward to try and find the girl.
Authorities are "extremely concerned about the welfare" of the young girl and have described the events as "extremely out of character".
Fatuma was last seen this morning at London Euston train station at 1.17am.
She is described as an Asian female and of slim build, and was last seen wearing a black headscarf and black dress.
She was in the company of a woman who is described as black, of slim build, wearing a light blue tunic, black pants and black trainers with a white sole.
The woman's face was covered with a white face mask and she was carrying an orange carrier bag.
Fatuma was last seen to leave Euston station alone onto Eversholt Street towards Euston Road.
Detective Chief Inspector Paul Rollinson, from Bolton district, said: "We are understandably extremely concerned about the welfare of this young girl who was reported missing to us last night as it would seem extremely out of character.
"We've been working throughout the night with colleagues from British Transport Police (BTP) and Metropolitan Police and are now releasing a CCTV image of the three when they arrived at Manchester Piccadilly train station.
"We want to ensure that the girl is safe and well and would ask for anyone with information - no matter how small it may be - to come forward."
Anyone with information can 0161 856 5757 quoting log number 3275 of 22/07/2021 or report it online at www.gmp.police.uk.
Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
