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No further action over Islam school arrests

No further action will be taken against three men arrested after an investigation into an Islamic school for girls in Lancaster. Police were called to the Jamea Al Kauthar school to investigate claims of sexual assault and false imprisonment.

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Police: Reports of abuse treated as 'isolated incident'

Superintendent Andy Webster of Lancashire Constabulary has said that searches are ongoing at an Islamic school for girls following reports of sexual abuse, but that it is being treated as an "isolated incident".

He added that detectives were trying to identify the alleged victims and that it is not known whether they are current or former pupils at the school.

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