EWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Members of Newport News’ Muslim community gathered at the Peninsula Islamic Community Center Monday in an effort to find a missing teenager.
Virginia State Police issued a CODI Alert for a missing teenager, Marwa Barakzai, 16, on behalf of the Newport News Police Department.
Barakzai was last seen getting off a school bus at around 6 p.m. on Fontaine Road Thursday, March 19, according to Newport News Police. Barakzai is 5-foot-3, 100 pounds and has brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing a black and white hijab, black pants and black sneakers with white soles.
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Monday, volunteers gathered at the Peninsula Islamic Community Center, later passing out flyers to homes and businesses in hopes of reuniting the teen with her family…