(D.C. Police)(The latest: Six members of African robotics team remain missing after competition)Six teenagers from the Burundi robotics team, who had come to Washington to compete in an international competition, were reported missing to D.C. police on Wednesday, according to police reports. The event opened Sunday with a parade of nations and closed Tuesday at around 6:30 p.m.Police posted fliers of the missing teens on the department’s Twitter account, which stated the teens were last seen in the area 5 p.m. Tuesday, around the time the final robotics matches finished. The missing teenagers range in age from 16 to 18 and include four males and two females, police said. According to six identical police reports, one filed for each missing teen, a mentor to the teens told the event volunteer the group went missing and that volunteer called police. Escotto said he believed the Burundi team members had attended closing ceremonies which began at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Source: Washington Post July 20, 2017 06:11 UTC