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{UAH} Six African teens reported missing while visiting US for robotics competition

George Okello

 

Americans should stop looking for the kids, they are no longer in United States as by last night, they are already in a more friendlier country. And I think I have their names as well as, Audrey Mwamikazi, 17, Don Ingabire, 16, Aristide Irambona, 18, Nice Munezero, 17, Kevin Sabumukiza, 17, and Richard Irakoze, 18.

 

So stop burning gas they are no longer in the United States, let's move on  with our lives sir.

 

EM

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From: ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com [mailto:ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Alcantara
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Subject: {UAH} Six African teens reported missing while visiting US for robotics competition

 

Three students – Patrick Okello, Harriet Okello and Daniel Okwir all from Dr. Obote College. Boroboro, Lira represented Uganda at this Robotics World Championship held in Ohio, USA- but they returned home, unlike these ones from Burundi who are reported to have disappeared, probably to claim political asylum

 

Six African teens reported missing while visiting US for robotics competition

By Pete Grieve, CNN

Updated 1406 GMT (2206 HKT) July 20, 2017

 

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

·        The six teens from Burundi were reported last seen on Tuesday

·        The team's mentor "does not know where (they) could have went"

Washington (CNN)Police are searching for six teens who were visiting Washington for an international robotics competition and have been reported missing.

The teens represented Burundi, a small country in East Africa, in the inaugural FIRST Global robotics competition, competing alongside teams from more than 150 other countries.

The teens have been missing since Tuesday evening, when they were last reported seen at the location of the event -- DAR Constitution Hall on 18th St between C Street and D Street in Northwest DC -- the Metropolitan Police Department said.

"On the night of July 18, FIRST Global learned the adult mentor of Team Burundi was unable to find the group of six students of the team who participated in the 2017 FIRST Global Challenge," the competition's organizers said in a statement.

The mentor is identified in police reports as Canesius Bindaba. Bindaba stated that "he does not know where (they) could have went," the police reports said.

The DC police department tweeted names, ages, descriptions and photos of the six missing individuals. There are four missing boys and two missing girls, ranging in age from 16 to 18, according to the tweets.

The teens were reportedly last seen at 5:00 p.m. ET, police said. An itinerary of the event says that the robotics competition was scheduled to end at 5:30 p.m., and closing ceremonies were to run from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

FIRST Global President Joe Sestak called the police to report the students as missing, according to the organization's statement, and "proper follow on reports have been submitted to the police who are investigating the case.

"Security of the students is of paramount importance to FIRST Global. FIRST Global ensures that all students get to their dormitories after the daily competition by providing safe transportation to the students staying at Trinity Washington University who are always to be under close supervision of their adult mentor and are advised not to leave the premises unaccompanied by the mentor."

Anyone with information is urged to contact authorities at 202-727-9099.

The competition attracted significant national attention after six girls on the Afghan team were denied visas for the competition, but later allowed to travel when President Donald Trump intervened. Ivanka Trump attended the event Tuesday, meeting with the Afghan girls.

CNN's Jason Hoffman contributed to this report.

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