She was stopped moments before boarding a flight to the middle east after being recruited The 15-year-old girl caught moments before her British Airways flight could take her from Cape Town to her Islamic State recruiters is not the first South African to be recruited by the terrorist organisation.As details emerged about how the Kenwyn teenager was recruited through social media, the State Security Department last night said there had been other “possible recruitments”.Brian Dube, spokesman for State Security Minister David Mahlobo, told The Times: “This is not the first case to come to the fore that we are currently investigating.“We have been picking up information about other possible recruitments in this country.”He refused to identify other recruits.The girl, who cannot be named, was released into her parents‘ custody.The entire family is being questioned by State Security to establish exactly how the girl, who lives in a neighbourhood of both Christians and Muslims, was recr...
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