Authorities in Los Angeles County are appealing for public help to find two nine-year-old children they believe were abducted by their father earlier this week. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has expressed concern for the children's safety and wellbeing as the search continues.

The missing children have been named as twins Solomon and Marozhina Sukonick. Investigators are urging anyone with information on their whereabouts, or on the whereabouts of their father, to come forward, though further details on the circumstances of the alleged abduction had not been released.