Surrey Police: Three arrested over Sara Sharif's death
Surrey Police says three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after disembarking from a flight from Dubai at Gatwick Airport. The arrests are in connection with the death of 10-year-old Sara Sharif, which detective superintendent Mark Chapman says has led to a "fast-moving" and "complex" investigation. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Our investigation into the death of 10-year-old Sara Sharif was launched following the discovery
00:06 of her body at her home address in Hammond Road, Woking on the 10th of August.
00:11 This evening, around 7.45pm, three people were arrested in connection with this investigation
00:17 at Gatwick Airport.
00:19 Two men aged 41 years and 28 years and a woman aged 29 years were arrested on suspicion of
00:27 murder after disembarking a flight from Dubai.
00:31 They are currently in custody and will be interviewed in due course.
00:36 Sara's mother has been informed of this latest update and is being supported by specialist
00:41 officers.
00:42 Our thoughts remain with her and those affected by Sara's death at this difficult time.
00:48 This has been an extremely fast-moving, challenging and complex inquiry and we remain absolutely
00:54 committed to conducting a thorough investigation into Sara's death.
00:59 We will not be commenting any further at this point and will provide further update as and
01:04 when we are able to do so.
01:06 Thank you.