15 year old South African Girl Caught Trying to Join ISIS

A 15-year-old South African girl was on Sunday pulled from a
flight moments before trying to leave the country to join the
Islamic State jihadists.
According to AFP, the girl was reported missing by her
grandparents Sunday morning when she disappeared from
her Cape Town home. She was found on a British Airways
flight bound for Johannesburg later that day. The girl was
reportedly heading for Turkey, where she was allegedly
planning to cross the border into Syria.
"We can confirm that she was planning to leave the
country with the intention of joining IS and had been
actively engaged with social media networks," State
Security Minister David Mahlobo told local daily, The Star.
According to local reports, investigators found evidence in
the girl's room linking her to recruiters for IS, jihadists who
have captured swathes of Syria and Iraq and who have
attracted hundreds of foreign fighters.
"An investigation is under way as to how far this network
goes, whether there is a cell in the country, and what the
methods of recruiting and funding are," Mahlobo told The
Star.
"We cannot allow South Africa to be used as a
recruitment space."
The girl was released into the care of her family after being
questioned.
In February, the United Nations Security Council warned
South Africa against terror groups that may use the country
as an operational base.