A teenage boy and girl boarding at Stonyhurst College in England are missing and are understood to have flown to the Dominican Republic.
Edward Bunyan and Indira Gainiyeva, both 16, left their private boarding school in a taxi on Monday 13 January and according to the police they were last seen at Manchester Airport where they boarded a flight to the Dominican Republic
Police said their families have been informed and are being kept updated.
Officers are “carrying out a number of inquiries to try and trace them to ensure that they are safe and well”.
Stonyhurst College, near Clitheroe in Lancashire, is an independent fee-paying boarding and day Roman Catholic school, which follows the Jesuit traditions. It was founded in 1593. Children aged 13 to 18 are taught there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-25741688
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