Patient absconds from mental health facility

Abderrahmane Ariba, 30, is wearing a light grey t-shirt and is looking directly at the camera. He has dark brown short cropped hair, is unshaven with dark eyes and olive skin.Image source, Metropolitan Police
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Mr Ariba was last seen on Sunday morning

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A search is under way for a man who absconded from a south-east London mental health facility on Sunday.

Abderrahmane Ariba, 30, was last seen at about 09:30 BST while he was on an escorted walk.

Mr Ariba may have travelled from the facility in Beckenham to Marble Arch then Croydon where he was last seen.

The Metropolitan Police has advised people not to approach him but to call 999 instead.

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