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An 11-year-old woman who’s lacking after she entered the River Thames on Monday has been named by the Metropolitan Police as Kaliyah Coa.

Kaliyah, who had been taking part in throughout a college inset day, entered the water close to Barge House Causeway, close to London City Airport in east London.

Emergency companies have been referred to as at 1.23pm on Monday with London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade, the RNLI and the Coastguard looking for the lacking schoolgirl.

A police assertion mentioned officers are actually main a restoration mission alongside the Thames to seek out Kaliyah.

Chief Superintendent Dan Card, native policing commander for north-east London, mentioned: “Our specialist officers are supporting Kaliyah’s family through this deeply upsetting time and our thoughts go out to all those impacted by what has happened.

“We are committed to finding Kaliyah and are working with partners to conduct a thorough search over a wide area – utilising drone technology and boats.

“I’d like to thank the members of public, our first responding officers, and colleagues from other emergency services, as they responded rapidly to carry out a large-scale search during a highly pressurised and distressing time.

“Equally, we appreciate this has affected the wider community who have been extremely supportive. You will see extra officers in the area during the coming days – if you have any concerns then please speak to them.”

Emergency companies launched a “large-scale response” to the incident, the pressure mentioned, however the search was later scaled down, with London Ambulance Service (LAS), London Fire Brigade (LFB) and the RNLI saying crews had been stood down.

The youngster had been taking part in close to the water with a younger boy and woman, residents mentioned.

Shaleen Rajaendram, 59, who lives on Barge House Road which leads onto the causeway, advised PA: “I heard upstairs a guy was screaming ‘wait there, wait, the police is coming’.”

The man was standing on a balcony in a flat block overlooking the river and later advised Ms Rajaendram he had been alerted by the kids “shouting, screaming”, she mentioned.

Ms Rajaendram continued: “Then I saw suddenly two kids were coming out to the top of the bridge, I said ‘what happened?’

“Then they said ‘one of my friends was playing in the water, one of my friends has gone into water and she’s gone underneath and we can’t find her’.”

The woman returned house whereas the boy advised Ms Rajaendram the place the incident happened.

Ms Rajaendram then referred to as her neighbour, Kerry Benadjaoud, 62, who took a life ring right down to the water however couldn’t see the woman.

A person mentioned he had referred to as the police, Ms Benadjaoud advised PA, including: “But he said at the time he could see her (the girl’s) hands going down. So, by the time I got down there with the ring I couldn’t find her.”

The lifelong space resident mentioned she found sneakers, a sock, a coat and a cellphone close to the river, and handed the objects to the police.