DENVER, AZ - Sources tell ABC News that three teenage girls from the Denver metro area were taken into custody by the FBI in Germany after authorities said they were trying to travel to Syria.
The three girls, all under the age of 18, were persuaded to travel overseas and were in contact with someone in Germany. Someone close to them notified authorities, and the FBI tracked them down in Germany, ABC News reported.
Sources said the teens may have been on their way to Syria, but they were turned around and sent back to the United States. It's not clear if the teens are being charged.
One law enforcement official told ABC News that this is part of a particular concerning trend of "disaffected youth" who are being radicalized.
The officials said the teens were trying "to fulfill what they believe is some vision that has been put out on a slick media campaign" by radical groups in Syria, including ISIS, ABC News reported.
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