More than 100 boys had booked flights to an unidentified country in the Middle East . The brothers aged 16 and 17 were detained and their luggage searched . They had aroused the suspicion of Customs and Border Protection officers . Immigration Minister Peter Dutton calls them 'kids , not killers ' The brothers were taken home by their mother after being detained . Two Australians have travelled to fight in Iraq and Syria .
Two boys had booked flights to an unidentified country in the Middle East . The brothers aged 16 and 17 were detained and their luggage searched . They had aroused the suspicion of Customs and Border Protection officers . Immigration Minister Peter Dutton calls them 'kids , not killers ' The brothers were taken home by their mother after being detained . More than 100 Australians have travelled to fight in Iraq and Syria .