{"id":403716,"date":"2017-07-21T08:13:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T08:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/teens-from-burundi-robotics-team-go-missing-in-us\/"},"modified":"2017-07-21T08:13:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T08:13:47","slug":"teens-from-burundi-robotics-team-go-missing-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/teens-from-burundi-robotics-team-go-missing-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Teens from Burundi robotics team go missing in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5749358854566_7709432786537.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"robotics\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3774302295\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Six teenagers from Burundi taking part in a robotics competition in the US have been reported missing, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Four boys and two girls \u2013 aged from 16 to 18 \u2013 disappeared during the First Global Challenge tournament in Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p>The DC Police Department says they were last seen on Tuesday \u2013 on the closing day of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say two of the teenagers have since crossed into Canada but this has not been confirmed by the police.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the DC Police Department posted fliers of the missing group on its\u00a0Twitter page,\u00a0asking members of the public to get in touch if they had any information.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1899998742776_2771278759412.png\" alt=\"Burundi-robotics\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"325520506\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>Washington\u2019s police posted fliers of the missing teenagers on its Twitter account<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The teenagers were identified as Don Ingabire, 16, Kevin Sabumukiza, 17, Nice Munezero, 17, Audrey Mwamikazi, 17, Richard Irakoze, 18, and Aristide Irambona, 18.<\/p>\n<p>Competition organisers say they alerted police after Burundi\u2019s team supervisor was unable to find the teenagers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DEz2slNXgAAE8Vb.jpg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3966662942\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, First Global Challenge spokesman Jose Escotto said \u201cthe proper reports have been submitted to the police who are investigating the case\u201d, according to the Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>The three-day robotics competition saw teams from 150 nations compete against each other.<\/p>\n<p>The event aims to inspire young people to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and maths.<\/p>\n<p>However, it made the news earlier this month after\u00a0a team of girls from Afghanistan were initially not allowed to attend the competition because of visa problems.<\/p>\n<p>But US President Donald Trump stepped in at the last minute and the girls were able to travel to the US and participate.<\/p>\n<p>The Afghan team later won a silver medal for courageous achievement, which was awarded to teams \u201cthat exhibit a can-do attitude throughout the challenge, even under difficult circumstances, or when things do not go as planned\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six teenagers from Burundi taking part in a robotics competition in the US have been reported missing, police say. 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