French police find naked boy, 9, locked in father’s van since 2024
South China Morning Post
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A nine-year-old boy has been rescued after living locked in his father’s utility van in eastern France since 2024, according to the local prosecutor.
The child has been hospitalised, and his father detained.
Police were alerted by a neighbour to the “sounds of a child” coming from a van on Monday in the village of Hagenbach, near the borders with Switzerland and Germany, according to a statement on Saturday from prosecutor Nicolas Heitz.
After forcing the van open, officers found the child...
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