Arrested: 14-Year-Old Girl Who Tweeted To American Airlines She Was Al-Qaeda Member
The teen was arrested by Dutch police after she posed on Twitter as an al-Qaeda member.
Police spokesman Roland Ekkers said the girl, who has not been identified for privacy reasons, turned herself in to Rotterdam police in the company of a parent Monday and is now being interrogated.
The tweet posted Sunday said it came from an al-Qaida member in Afghanistan named Ibrahim and threatened to “do something really big on June 1.” But the account’s handle came with the nickname “Sarah” and a profile image of a young woman.
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