Search for missing sisters focuses on icy river

Police are focusing connected an icy stream successful the hunt for 2 sisters who are missing successful Aberdeen.

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.

Officers are continuing to hunt the River Dee, which they antecedently said was the focal constituent of their investigation.

Divers person already searched portion of the stream adjacent to wherever the women, who are 32 and primitively from Hungary, were past captured connected CCTV.

On Saturday, the hunt was extended to see the country towards the Port of Aberdeen's South Harbour and Duthie Park.

Officers are present carrying retired caller searches on the river, which inactive has floating crystal patches connected its aboveground pursuing a week of plunging temperatures.

Relatives person urged radical not to dispersed unfounded rumours astir the sisters' disappearance.

Detectives antecedently said determination was thing to suggest thing suspicious had happened to the women.

Officers made a caller entreaty for accusation connected Saturday.

Ch Insp Darren Bruce said: "Eliza and Henrietta's household are understandably highly disquieted astir them and we are moving tirelessly to find them.

"We are earnestly acrophobic astir them and person important resources dedicated to the inquiry."

The Huszti household said the 2 sisters had moved from Hungary to Scotland astir 7 years ago.

Their member Jozsef told BBC News that Eliza and Henrietta seemed "fine" successful the days earlier they went missing, and that they spoke to their parent past Saturday.

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.

The "close-knit" household bash not recognize what whitethorn person happened to the brace who preferred to enactment astatine location than spell out.

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

A household connection addressed to friends and relatives was released connected societal media connected Saturday.

The statement, which was successful Hungarian and translated by BBC News, confirmed the sisters were missing.

It continued: "Therefore, we kindly inquire everyone for respect.

"Please bash not dispersed immoderate unfounded rumours.

"We tin lone accidental what's already been successful the news."

The household said the authorities successful Scotland were carrying retired investigations.

The connection concluded: "The household is not successful a presumption to springiness everyone abstracted information.

"Thank you each for being with america successful these hard times."