US and Canadian authorities are currently ruling out foul play in their search for six Burundi teens last seen crossing US/Canada border – PB/TK
U.S. police seek missing Burundi students near Canada border – By / July 21 2017
U.S. law enforcement authorities on Friday were seeking six teenagers from Burundi who went missing after a robotics competition in Washington, two of whom had been spotted crossing the border into Canada.
The teens, aged 16 to 18, were last seen Tuesday after the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge, Washington, D.C., police said.
“We have been in touch with the Metropolitan Police Department; they told us that they are doing what they can to find those teens,” Benjamin Manirakiza, first counselor in the Burundi Embassy in Washington, said in a phone interview on Friday. “We have confidence in the capacity of the police.”
A Washington police spokeswoman said the teenagers’ disappearance was still under investigation on Friday, and declined to say what U.S. state they were spotted crossing from.
Police have said they do not believe foul play was involved.
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