MCLEAN, VA (AP) — The coach for six teens from Burundi who disappeared after an international robotics competition in Washington says he heard rumors that they might try to stay in the United States.
Speaking from Kenya as he made his way home, Canesius Bindaba told The Washington Post that he’d heard rumors that the teens might be planning to stay, but he hoped they weren’t true.
Bindaba says he tried to build trust. He says he feels “cheated and disappointed by those who planned this behind my back.”
A member of the Burundi-American community says he has little doubt the teens are seeking asylum, though he emphasized he had no direct knowledge of the situation.
The teens ranging in age from 16 to 18 were reported missing after the FIRST Global Challenge this week, an international robotics competition.
Police now say that two of the six were seen crossing into Canada and they don’t suspect foul play with any of them.
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