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A massive police search was underway for a missing schoolgirl at a busy London shopping centre, who has now been found.
Officers swarmed Westfield White City on Thursday evening in a bid to find little Assia.
The 12-year-old is believed to have gone missing from Shepherd's Bush Green, with police asking anyone who has any information that could help find her to call 999 immediately.
A spokesperson for the force said: "Please be on the look out for Assia, 12. She has gone missing around SHEPHERD'S BUSH GREEN. If sighted, please call us on 999 (CAD5679/13APR23)."
Shoppers at Westfield in Shepherds Bush have been asked to cooperate with police (MyLondon / Darren Pepe)In a now deleted tweet, the Met said "officers are currently dealing with an incident in and around Westfield shopping Centre".
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They added there is "no wider risk to members of the public", but anyone in or near the White City shopping centre in Shepherd's Bush is urged to "co-operate with officers at the scene where possible".
Elsewhere, a body was found in the search for a missing mum after she vanished on a dog walk in Snowdonia.
Ausra Plungiene, 56, from Prestatyn, North Wales, was last seen on Tuesday when she is believed to have left for a walk with her dog Eyora at about 10.30am but failed to return home.
A search across Eryri national park (Snowdonia) was co-ordinated after the alarm was raised shortly before 10pm on Tuesday and her car was found in a remote car park in the Rowen area in the early hours of Wednesday, North Wales Police said.
On Thursday, mountain rescue team members found a woman's body near Yr Aryg in the Carneddau mountain range, a force spokesman said.
A dog was found alive at the location and Ms Plungiene's family has been informed, although formal identification has yet to take place, police said.