Man Was Missing For 26 Years. He Was Found Held Captive By Neighbour
The man only identified as Omar B. had vanished at the age of 19 during the Algerian Civil War in 1998, and his family assumed he had been kidnapped or killed.
Algiers, Algeria:
An Algerian man who had been missing for 26 years has been found in his neighbour's house, just a few minutes' walk away, the country's justice ministry said Tuesday.
The man only identified as Omar B. had vanished at the age of 19 during the Algerian Civil War in 1998, and his family assumed he had been kidnapped or killed.
Now aged 45, he was found amid haystacks only about 200 metres (yards) away in the city of Djelfa after the captor's brother aired grievances on social media, reportedly due to an inheritance dispute.
The alleged culprit, a 61-year-old doorman at the municipality in the nearby town of El Guedid, was taken into custody after attempting to flee, the ministry said.
Algerian media reported that the victim said he had been unable to call out for help "because of a spell that his captor had cast on him".
The ministry said the investigation was still ongoing, adding that the victim was receiving medical and psychological care after the crime it described as "heinous".
Man Was Missing For 26 Years. He Was Found Held Captive By Neighbour
An Algerian man who had been missing for 26 years has been found in his neighbour's house, just a few minutes' walk away, the country's justice ministry said Tuesday.
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An Algerian man was found in his neighbour's house, 26 years after he was reported missing. The man had reportedly vanished in 1998 during the Algerian Civil War when he was 19 years old. His family had assumed that he was either kidnapped or killed as he could not be found for years., Middle...
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