By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The discovery that three teenage girls were trying to join the Islamic State in Syria has raised plenty of questions.
Among them: How did they get to Europe without anyone noticing and what prompted the girls, ages 16, 16 and 17, to make the trip?
The Associated Press reports that a school official said the girls were the victims of an “online predator” who convinced them to join ISIS.
“Social media has played a very significant role in the recruitment of young people,” said FBI spokesman Kyle Loven in Minneapolis, which has the largest Somali community in the U.S.
A school official said there were no signs that the teens had been radicalized.
U.S. officials also are investigating how the girls managed to get to Frankfurt.
