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Fears for second Australian missing since London attack

Sara Zelenak was supposed to be working on the night of the attack, but was given the evening off.

Sara Zelenak was supposed to be working on the night of the attack, but was given the evening off. Photo: AAP

The mother of a Brisbane woman missing since the weekend terrorist attacks in London is flying there to try and find her as authorities confirmed a second Australian woman also has not been heard from.
Julie Wallace’s 21-year-old daughter Sara Zelenak has been missing since the London Bridge attacks on Sunday morning (AEST).

Kirsty Boden London terror

Kirsty Boden is feared a victim of the London terror attack. Photo: Facebook

Ms Zelenak was reportedly last seen on London Bridge at the time of the attacks. She has not answered calls and texts or posted on social media since the attack.

Meanwhile, there are concerns for the safety of a second Australian in the London during the time of the terrorist attack.

The Nine Network has reported that former Loxton woman Kirsty Boden, 28, is a health professional who had lived in London for some time.

Ms Boden’s family told AAP “there’ll be no comment at this time”.

Missing Sara Zelenak

The Brisbane woman, Ms Zelenak, is one of five people reported as missing. However, while one of those, James McMullan, 32, was confirmed as dead by his sister, his death has not been confirmed by authorities.
The other victim was Canadian woman Christine Archibald, 30. The three people still missing are reportedly two men from France and one from Spain.

Ms Wallace said her daughter had been given the night off working as an au pair to go out with a friend.

“She was heading for the London Bridge where everyone goes on a Saturday night,” Ms Wallace told Brisbane’s 4KQ radio station.

Ms Zelenak’s friend Pri Goncalves says they became separated on the bridge when the attacks started.

“Sara was with me when people started running and shouting but at that very moment we got separated,” she told Fairfax Media.

Ms Goncalves says she has been desperately trying to contact her friend since they were separated.

“When I was close to Borough Market I saw a guy on top of another guy who was screaming and then I knew something really bad was happening. I think he was stabbing him,” she said.

“So I started calling her (Sara) but she never picked up the phone.”

Ms Zelenak’s family has confirmed that she was routinely in contact with her family while overseas, but she had failed to reply to calls or text messages since the attack.
A GoFundMe page set up the family had already reached its goal of $15,000 to help them in their search.
The ABC has reported that Australian consular staff in London are currently working with Ms Zelenak’s friends to try to track her down.

Police name two  of the attackers

Police have named two of the London Bridge terrorists, with one of the three attackers previously investigated by British security services, but not viewed as a serious threat, British police said.

Khuram Shazad Butt, aged 27, was a Pakistani-born British citizen, already known to police and British intelligence agency MI5, London’s Metropolitan Police said.
“However, there was no intelligence to suggest that this attack was being planned and the investigation had been prioritised accordingly,” police said in a statement.

The second attacker was named as 30-year-old Rachid Redouane, who police said claimed to be Moroccan and Libyan, and also went by the name Rachid Elkhdar with a different date of birth. Both men lived in the same area of east London.

London Bridge attackers named

Khuram Butt (left) was known to police and the security service. Photos: Supplied

Police said they were still working to establish the identity of the third attacker.

All 12 people arrested after the attack in the London suburb of Barking have been released without charge as raids continue across London.
British police acknowledged they are stretched by the number of people they believe could potentially commit an act of terrorism.

There are 500 current investigations involving 3000 potential suspects.

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