UK court seizes girls' passports over Syria fears

[WorldNews]

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A British judge on Friday barred five teenage girls from travelling abroad amid concerns they would go to Syria to join Islamist fighters, in the second such ruling this week. High Court judge Anthony Hayden made the girls from east London -- two aged 15 and three aged 16 -- "wards of court", a legal move that prevents them leaving England and Wales. In a ruling prompted by an application by the local authority, Tower Hamlets in east London, Hayden said that despite signs the teens were becoming more radical, their relatives were not cooperating with social services. Earlier this week, Hayden imposed a similar ruling on a 16-year-old boy amid fears he would follow his three brothers in joining Al-Qaeda linked fighters in Syria.

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