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Authorities Investigate Possibility That Missing Teenager May Have Joined ISIS In Syria

January 20 2015

South Korea

Police in South Korea are investigating to see if a South Korean teenager who disappeared in Turkey may have entered Syria to join the Islamic State terrorist group, reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul).

The 18-year-old man, identified only by his surname Kim, disappeared after he arrived in Turkey on Jan. 10, said an official in Seoul on Tuesday.

Milliyet, a Turkish newspaper, has reported that the teen exchanged emails with ISIS and may have crossed into Syria to join the...

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