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Updated at 4.52pm
THE UK POLICE force heading up the search for Ashya King, the 5-year-old boy taken from hospital, has issued a European arrest warrant for both parents.
The young boy, who has a brain tumour, may be in Spain, authorities believe.
According to Sky News, Hampshire Police Assistant Chief Constable Chris Shead said the warrant was being sought to give police the power to talk to Ashya’s parents once they’re found.
And he said the warrant shouldn’t discourage them from coming forward, as the young boy’s wellbeing remained the priority.
Interpol said yesterday that Ashya was taken from Southampton General Hospital at around 2pm on Thursday by his parents — 51-year-old Brett King and 45-year-old Naghemeh King.
At the request of UK authorities, Interpol issued a Yellow Notice, or missing persons alert, for King.
Here is his father pictured taking him from the hospital:
Ashya, his parents and his six siblings then boarded a ferry from Portsmouth to Cherbourg in France.
They are travelling in a grey Hyundai 1800 style CRDI registration KP60 HWK.
Interpol said:
There are serious concerns for Ashya’s health, he is immobile and likely to be in a wheelchair or buggy, and cannot communicate verbally.
Detective Superintendent Dick Pearson of Hampshire Major Investigation team said:
If we do not locate Ashya today there are serious concerns for his life. He is receiving constant medical care within the UK due to recent surgery and ongoing medical issues. Without this specialist 24 hour care Ashya is at risk of additional health complications which place him at substantial risk.
Police said they had “positive information” to suggest that Ashya King and his family could be in Spain where they have “strong links” to the Marbella area.
“Kidnapped”
British and French police have been searching for the boy, and a French prosecutor said the youngster had effectively been “kidnapped”.
The batteries on Ashya’s feeding system will run out on Friday, authorities are warning.
The youngster has undergone extensive surgery and was last operated on seven days ago.
Jehovah’s Witnesses are known for refusing blood transfusions on religious grounds, but are otherwise open to other medical procedures.
The group said there was no indication that the boy’s parents had been motivated by religious convictions and appealed to them to seek the best medical treatment for him.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is requested to contact their local police or Hampshire Constabulary in the UK on 00 44 1962 841 534.
With reporting from AFP and Aoife Barry.
First posted at 10am.
It does make you wonder, if the sand has taken back that much in nearly sixty years, how much from the Egyptian era is lost under the Sahara.
Surely the Kolmanskop of the Namib Desert is a well known haunt of your readers ,and this will not come as news to them.
Some ghost estate…….
Amazeballs!
That’s Longford.
Leithrim a close second
I was in Namibia this year such an amazing country. So many natural wonders there. Oldest plants. 2nd biggest canyons in the world, 2nd biggest Sand Dune in the world, linked to Victoria Falls and many more. Ethosa Safari Park was the best experience of my life.
This was on that BBC Science show with professor Brian Cox…. Interesting show!
The pictures are good, but to walk around it is really strange. It’s like they planned to return there was so much stuff left.
It’s a proven fact that deserts are living things and constantly moving and growing. Interesting stuff. Put into similar context, look at all the manors and castles in Ireland that have been taken back by Mother Nature over the centuries.
Amazeballs
Amazeballs
Balls of amazement.
Amazeballs
If they had only kept the doors closed……
Place looks fairly bate..
You’d look worse if you we’re left out in the desert for 60 years!!!
Wud be well exfoliated tho..:)
Amazeballs
Longford and Leitrim in 5 years!
dump
Namibia’s well worth a holiday. I didn’t make it to the ghost town, but Swakopmund, right on the coast, is beside some of the most breathtaking parts of the Namib Desert. Some of the world’s best oysters in those parts, too! Namibia is a weird country, due to their history of German colonialism, but it’s nevertheless rich in indigenous cultural diversity. Many would say the country benefited from it, others not. Thanks for the photos. They make me want to go back!
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