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But the families of both Ms. Abase and Ms. Sultana have told British news outlets that they believe the girls were killed in strikes.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2023
Ms Begum ran away from home at the age of 15, with two other east London schoolgirls - Kadiza Sultana, 16, and 15-year-old Amira Abase.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2022
The disappearance of schoolgirls Shamima Begum, Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, from east London in February, raised questions as to who could have done more to prevent their departure.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2015
The mother of one of the schoolgirls, 15-year-old Amira Abase, this week accused both the police and the school of not doing enough to help find her daughter.
From Newsweek • Mar. 24, 2015
Abase, a-bās′, v.t. to cast down: to humble: to degrade.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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