Parents Reported $2,000 Missing as Teens Headed to Join Islamic State
Three teen girls from Arapahoe County told their parents they were on their way to school Friday morning, but within hours they were flying overseas potentially seeking to join Islamic State militants, officials said Tuesday.
The girls, two of them sisters of Somali descent and another of Sudanese descent, were stopped at an airport in Frankfurt, Germany. One of their families reported that $2,000 was missing after the girls fled with their passports, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said.
“The families indicated they didn’t know where they were at and they did not know where they were going,” said sheriff’s Bureau Chief Glenn Thompson.
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