Trending/crime· Updated Oct 11, 2026

Police Urge Removal of Video Showing Missing Girl After She Is Found

Police are investigating a video identifying a missing 13-year-old girl after she was found with an adult. The Prime Minister backed the Hunters’ team but called for the child’s privacy to be protected.

Photo via Express · from 'Attacked because I am Guyanese"

4 reports from 3 outlets · First reported Fri, Oct 9

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Updated Oct 11, 2026

A Hunters’ Search and Rescue Team video showed a missing 13-year-old girl after she was found with an adult.
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Police asked for the video to be removed, saying it could identify the child and expose her to harm.
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Police said the girl is safe, receiving support, and the circulation of the video remains under investigation.
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Oct 11, 2026

PM backs Hunters team amid video backlash; warns teens about acting like adults

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar defended the Hunters’ Search and Rescue Team after it posted video of a missing 13-year-old found with a 49-year-old man, while urging the team to avoid future mistakes and calling for the child’s privacy to be protected. She also used the dispute to warn teenagers that if they act like adults, the law may treat them that way.

Oct 10, 2026

TTPS Urges Public To Remove Video Identifying Missing Child

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service is investigating the circulation of a video showing a missing minor after she was found with an adult, saying it may identify a child involved in a police investigation. TTPS says the child is safe and receiving support, and warns that sharing such material could be a criminal offence.

Oct 10, 2026

Police warn "Registered" Hunters group to remove video

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service has asked that a viral video showing a missing 13-year-old girl with an adult be removed, saying it could identify the child and expose her to harm while police investigate. It warned that sharing such material may be a criminal offence and urged the public and platforms not to repost it.

Oct 10, 2026

'Attacked because I am Guyanese"

A video posted by Hunters’ Search and Rescue Team leader Shamsudeen Ayube showing the recovery of a missing 13-year-old girl has drawn backlash from child advocates, who say it risks shaming and bullying a vulnerable minor. Ayube defended the post, but another HSRT group and the Humanitarian Foundation for Positive Social Change urged that children’s identities and images not be shared publicly.

Police Urge Removal of Video Showing Missing Girl After She Is Found

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