A manhunt is under way for a three-year-old boy who went missing from a shopping centre.

Abdullah Mohammed disappeared while playing football in a play area at Wembley Park Boulevard in north-west London on Saturday afternoon, Scotland Yard said.

An extensive search of the area involving local police officers is under way for the boy, who is from Harrow.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said police were alerted to his disappearance at 3.23pm.

Abdullah is described by police as “a light-skinned Arabic boy” who was wearing a green coat with a fluffy hood over a black jumper with white stripes, plus blue jeans and blue trainers.