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Matt Watts

Housing association criticised after girl, 5, drowned in Islington canal

A coroner has raised concerns about safety measures at a housing development after a young girl who went missing from her family home drowned in a canal in Islington.

Malika Hibu, a five-year-old girl with autism spectrum disorder, was a pupil at the Bridge School, in north London, a special school for children with severe learning difficulties and autism.

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