State security services stopped a second Cape Town teenager from absconding to join the Islamic State group, South African State Security Minister David Mahlobo confirmed on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
\u201cYes, we know about that one,\u201d Mahlobo told ANA when asked about the high school girl from Grassy Park.<\/p>\n
He said she was apprehended at Cape Town International Airport last month following a tip-off.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe nice thing is that we are acting before these things happen,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are certain communities that are being targeted.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is understood that security services and the Hawks were in part acting on information given by a 15-year-old girl from Kenwyn who admitted that she was planning to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (IS) after she was taken off a flight from Cape Town to OR Tambo on Easter Sunday. The girls are believed to be friends, and tried to leave the country within 10 days of each other.<\/p>\n
The incident has seen Mahlobo warn repeatedly that parents should monitor their children\u2019s internet usage, as he did again at a media briefing ahead of his ministry\u2019s budget debate in Parliament on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
However, intelligence sources said they are also investigating the physical presence of recruiters for the jihadist group in the country.<\/p>\n
Mahlobo said security agencies were being highly vigilant on the issue of recruitment by fundamentalist groups and staying in close contact with communities who are considered targets.<\/p>\n
Source: ANA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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