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		</div><p>An angry mother-of-two has claimed she has not heard from 20 friends since the Grenfell Tower disaster, including a five-year-old boy.</p>
<p>The Metropolitan Police has said at least 79 people died when fire ripped through the high-rise early last Wednesday. But many locals, including Sarah Colbourne, 44, who lives close to the 24-storey tower block, believe the true death toll is far higher.</p>
<p>&#8220;We know over 20 people who aren&#8217;t answering their phones, who aren&#8217;t responding to my emails. They&#8217;re not missing, they&#8217;re dead,&#8221; she said.m&#8221;Children haven&#8217;t turned up to school or activity groups my husband runs. They&#8217;re not missing, they&#8217;re dead. &#8220;They&#8217;re telling us it&#8217;s 79. We&#8217;re not stupid&#8230; it&#8217;s in the hundreds.&#8221;</p>
<p>Speaking during a &#8220;Day of Rage&#8221; protest, which was billed as a day of action for the victims of the blaze, Ms Colbourne said she believed the authorities were releasing news of the deaths &#8220;bit by bit&#8221; in order to avoid a riot. She was also critical of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea&#8217;s response to the disaster, which she branded &#8220;absolutely disgusting&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;They haven&#8217;t even offered any help in regards to grief, to counselling, to trauma,&#8221; she added.<br />
She said the missing include one of her son&#8217;s friends, whose mother she can no longer look in the eye.<br />
&#8220;He didn&#8217;t stand a chance &#8211; no sprinklers, no fire alarms,&#8221; she said. She told reporters the boy&#8217;s mother was staying in a hotel and being looked after by friends and family, rather than the council.</p>
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