Residents urged not to travel to North Belfast in search for missing Noah Donahoe

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The Community Search and Rescue team have advised people not to travel to north Belfast, in order to take part in searches for Noah Donahoe.

The 14-year-old was last seen close to the Shore Road in the north of the city on Sunday evening. 

Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in order to help find the missing teen but now, the Community Search and Rescue Team is urging people not to come from far and wide to help.

Sean McCarry from the group said: "We would not be encouraging more people to travel into the area to search because the local community in the areas has the area well covered.

"The added number of people coming in is not helping that situation".

Searches are continuing for missing teenager Noah Donahoe who hasn't been seen in almost four days now.

Sean McCarry along with his team from Community Search and Rescue says his team are hopeful Noah will be found safe and well:

It comes as a senior police officer urged people to search buildings, sheds and cars for the missing teenager.

Superintendent Muir Clark asked local residents to check their clothes lines for missing items because the boy was reportedly without his clothing.

He said he had no reason to believe he was not within a relatively confined area.

No further reports of his whereabouts have been received and the search has concentrated on the wooded area which he was last seen heading towards.

🎥 Superintendent Muir Clark provides an update on the last known whereabouts of Noah Donahoe. pic.twitter.com/LvCCHQY0H7

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Superintendent Muir Clark said: "I need to know that all the outbuildings, all the places Noah could take refuge in, have been checked."

The broken-hearted mother of the missing Belfast teenager also appealed for co-operation in efforts to find her son.

His mother Fiona said in a statement she has been overwhelmed by all the support.

"It is actually giving me and my family the strength to fight for him to be found," she said.

"I just wish at this stage people would start offering for their houses to be searched so that shelter could be eliminated.

"The police can't ask to search but in this situation if people in the vicinity could find it in their hearts to say please search my house to eliminate areas of question.

"My heart is broken I am begging people do this I know I am asking a massive thing but if you knew my Noah he was the most thoughtful loving darling who does not deserve to be suffering or unfound.

"Please hear my plea I am speaking for Noah my baby.

"Please think if it was your child I would let them search my home from top to bottom."

Urgent appeal: Missing 14-year-old Noah Donohoe. Scores of locals join search teams tonight in North Belfast for the schoolboy last heard of on Sunday making a 999 call. 📷 Alan Lewis. pic.twitter.com/VXIwMXPKEC

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A PSNI statement said: "An eyewitness believes they saw a young male matching Noah's description fall off his bicycle on Sunday evening, possibly sustaining a head injury, in the vicinity of North Queen Street/York Street, but we do not know the specific time.

"We believe Noah got back on his bicycle, cycling into Northwood Road where he then abandons all his clothing, as he is seen a short time later cycling while naked. We believe Noah then dropped his bicycle and left the area on foot."

If you live in the area between Shore Rd & Somerton/Antrim Rd please be vigilant & search your property.

Especially around vacant properties & garages/sheds & let’s all help in the search to find Noah Donohoe. pic.twitter.com/nknUQqYFzM

— John Finucane MP (@johnfinucane) June 24, 2020

He was on a black Apollo mountain bike wearing a khaki green North Face jacket, a tie-dye light blue/navy hoody, grey sweat shorts with an emblem on one leg and a khaki rucksack.

Police officers supported by air support units, police dogs and a tactical support group have been searching the area alongside community rescue service colleagues and local volunteers.

The statement said: "Noah's family and police are very concerned for Noah as this is completely out of character."

Meanwhile, Noah is a pupil at St. Malachy's College on the Antrim Road in Belfast. 

North Belfast councillor JJ Magee says the local community has united in efforts to locate the teenager:

He's appealing for people to see if there are any clues to Noah's whereabouts where they live:

Members of the north Belfast community join the search for missing Noah Donohoe. Pic: Alan Lewis.