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Jewish sect members accused of kidnapping children in New York
Source: BBC
Jewish sect members accused of kidnapping children in New York
29 December 2018
Four members of a Jewish sect have been charged with kidnapping a young brother and sister in New York state.
Prosecutors say the men belong to the ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor group, which is based in Guatemala.
They are accused of abducting a 14-year-old girl and her 12-year-old brother from the village of Woodridge, which is north of New York City.
The men planned to take the pair back to Guatemala after their mother fled the sect six weeks earlier.
The woman had reportedly feared for her children's safety and felt the group, which was founded by her father, was becoming more extreme under the leadership of her brother.
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29 December 2018
Four members of a Jewish sect have been charged with kidnapping a young brother and sister in New York state.
Prosecutors say the men belong to the ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor group, which is based in Guatemala.
They are accused of abducting a 14-year-old girl and her 12-year-old brother from the village of Woodridge, which is north of New York City.
The men planned to take the pair back to Guatemala after their mother fled the sect six weeks earlier.
The woman had reportedly feared for her children's safety and felt the group, which was founded by her father, was becoming more extreme under the leadership of her brother.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46708691