--- title: GeenDementriax Teen Arrested for Tweeting Threat to American Airlines description: Not exactly the brightest idea canonical: https://time.com/61690/girl-arrested-for-tweeting-threat-at-american-airlines-twitter/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-14T15:16:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:46.617Z og:title: Dutch Teen Arrested For Tweeting Threat at American Airlines og:description: Not exactly the brightest idea og:url: https://time.com/61690/girl-arrested-for-tweeting-threat-at-american-airlines-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b725ca5163047ad/69868a91cd804d71f9cca4bc/464850733-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Operations Inside The American Airlines Terminal At Reagan National Airport Ahead Of Earnings og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dutch Teen Arrested For Tweeting Threat at American Airlines twitter:description: Not exactly the brightest idea twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b725ca5163047ad/69868a91cd804d71f9cca4bc/464850733-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dutch Teen Reportedly Arrested For Tweeting Threat at American Airlines > Sponsored content. 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Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 14, 2014 3:16 PM UTC A 14-year-old girl who tweeted a threat at American Airline’s Twitter account on Sunday was arrested Monday, but not at the request of the FBI or the airlines, a [Dutch police spokesperson told Business Insider ](http://www.businessinsider.com/dutch-police-make-arrest-over-twitter-terror-threat-2014-4)and BNO News. > [](https://twitter.com/mpoppel/status/455723052295524352) It began when a girl named Sarah ([her account @QueenDementriax\_](https://twitter.com/account/suspended) has since been suspended) [tweeted](http://www.businessinsider.com/dutch-police-make-arrest-over-twitter-terror-threat-2014-4), “Hello my name’s Ibrahim and I’m from Afghanistan. I’m part of Al Qaida and on June 1st I’m gonna do something really big bye.” American Airlines replied: “Sarah, we take these threats very seriously. YOur IP Address and details will be forwarded to security and the FBI.” Before her account was removed, she tweeted, “omfg I was kidd,” “I’m so sorry I’m scared no,” “I was joking and it was my friend not me, take her IP address,” and “I was kidding pls don’t I’m just a girl pls.” [She also tweeted](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/twitter-user-joke-terror-threat-alarms-american-airlines-article-1.1755119), “I’m just a fangirl pls I don’t have evil thoughts and plus I’m a white girl.” The following confirmation of the arrest appears to have been tweeted by the Twitter account for the Dutch Police @Politie: Rotterdamse (14) aangehouden voor doen valse melding richting American Airlines. Onderzoek loopt. [#Politie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Politie?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) [#Rotterdam](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rotterdam?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) [@americanair](https://twitter.com/AmericanAir?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) — Politie Eenheid Rotterdam eo (@POL\_Rotterdam) [April 14, 2014](https://twitter.com/POL%5FRotterdam/status/455715014209708032?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) Dutch girl (14) from Rotterdam arrested after American Airlines threat. Investigation continues. [#Rotterdam](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rotterdam?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) [#Police](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Police?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) [#Force](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Force?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) [@americanair](https://twitter.com/AmericanAir?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) — Politie Eenheid Rotterdam eo (@POL\_Rotterdam) [April 14, 2014](https://twitter.com/POL%5FRotterdam/status/455715116903047168?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) Wessel Stole, a spokesperson for the Dutch police,[ told Business Insider:](http://www.businessinsider.com/dutch-police-make-arrest-over-twitter-terror-threat-2014-4) --- > “” --- Guess Sarah learned the hard way that tweeting threats is never funny. We’ve reached out to Dutch police for our own confirmation and will update when we hear back. **_Update at 12:25 pm:_** _This post was updated to add links to tweets from the Dutch police account_ [_@Politie_](https://twitter.com/Politie) _and the English version of the tweet._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/61690/girl-arrested-for-tweeting-threat-at-american-airlines-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/61690/girl-arrested-for-tweeting-threat-at-american-airlines-twitter/"},"headline":"Dutch Teen Reportedly Arrested For Tweeting Threat at American Airlines","datePublished":"2014-04-14T15:16:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:46.617Z","description":"Not exactly the brightest idea","url":"https://time.com/61690/girl-arrested-for-tweeting-threat-at-american-airlines-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","viral","twitter","World","American Airlines"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b725ca5163047ad/69868a91cd804d71f9cca4bc/464850733-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b725ca5163047ad/69868a91cd804d71f9cca4bc/464850733-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Operations Inside The American Airlines Terminal At Reagan National Airport Ahead Of Earnings","caption":"Operations Inside The American Airlines Terminal At Reagan National Airport Ahead Of Earnings","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/61690/girl-arrested-for-tweeting-threat-at-american-airlines-twitter/","name":"Dutch Teen Reportedly Arrested For Tweeting Threat at American Airlines"}}]}] ```