The president of the Argentine Community Association, Eliyahu Hamra, announced that he had been found Naomi Loroff, The 13-year-old girl who was missing yesterday in Buenos Aires.
Europe and her family belong to the Orthodox community “Agudat Israel” in Buenos Aires. Naomi’s parents reported to the authorities the disappearance of their daughter, when all traces of her were lost after she left her home at noon on Wednesday.
“This is a very unusual event in our community,” Hamra said Wednesday before finding Naomi. “We are doing what we can to help, praying that she will be found healthy and well. We have appealed to all the security forces here, asking them to do everything in their power to bring Naomi back to her family.”
Relatives feared that Naomi had met a man by name Said Panaya Who used TikTok to reach her, pretending to be a boy her age from Bolivia. Naomi’s father asked the police for help, and Jewish organizations also intervened in demanding improved search efforts in light of their suspicion that the girl had been abducted.
As mentioned, Naomi was eventually located in a Muslim home in Bolivia by the local police, after Jewish organizations exerted heavy pressure on the local authorities.