Police search for missing sisters widens to coast

The hunt for 2 sisters reported missing successful Aberdeen has been extended to the seashore astatine New Harbour, constabulary said.

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti - who are portion of a acceptable of triplets - were past seen successful Market Street astatine Victoria Bridge astatine astir 02:12 connected Tuesday.

A onshore hunt volition besides beryllium carried retired connected Saturday successful the Boat House area, adjacent Duthie Park.

Meanwhile, relatives successful Hungary person urged radical not to dispersed unfounded rumours astir the sisters' disappearance.

Divers person already searched portion of the River Dee adjacent to wherever they were past captured connected CCTV.

On Friday detectives said determination was thing astatine this signifier to suggest thing suspicious had happened to the women.

Their member said the sisters, who are primitively from Hungary but unrecorded successful Aberdeen metropolis centre, seemed "fine" successful the days earlier they went missing.

Jozsef told BBC News their parent spoke to the girls past Saturday.

They had a 40-minute speech and thing appeared retired of the ordinary.

Their sister Edit Huszti - the different triplet - said she spoke to them connected a video telephone connected New Year's Eve and they appeared blessed and cheerful.

She said the sisters were precise adjacent and did astir things together.

They were described arsenic sociable but arsenic acold arsenic the household knows they preferred staying astatine location to going out, often opting to watching films.

Eliza particularly enjoyed cooking, the household said.

She added that she believed it was rather retired of quality for them to beryllium retired connected the streets successful the aboriginal hours of the morning.

Edit said she hoped her sisters instrumentality to the household safe.

Both Eliza and Henrietta are described arsenic being white, of slim build, with long, brownish hair.

They moved to Scotland astir 7 years ago.

They are said to beryllium portion of a "close-knit" family, who bash not recognize what whitethorn person happened to the pair.

It is understood that Henrietta works successful a subdivision of Costa Coffee successful Aberdeen.

Police said the broadside of Victoria Bridge successful the Torry area, wherever they were past seen, contained galore commercialized and concern units and searches were ongoing there.

On Friday the hunt focused connected the River Dee itself, connected onshore astir the area, and besides from the air.

It progressive the Police Scotland helicopter, unit divers and hunt dogs.

Officers are urging businesses astir the South Esplanade and Menzies Road country to reappraisal CCTV footage recorded successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday.

Police Scotland said it had the enactment of constabulary successful Hungary who are liaising with the wider household and urged anyone with accusation to get successful touch.