An Algerian who had been missing for 26 years was found kidnapped in his neighbor's house in a village in central Algeria, Algerian authorities announced on Tuesday.
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The Public Prosecutor's Office in the state of Djelfa, 300 kilometers from the capital, said in a press statement that the 45-year-old man, who disappeared in mysterious circumstances without a trace in 1998, was found in a neighbor's house after being searched from… He was accepted by gendarmes after a conviction published on social networks. Algiers, where these amazing events took place.
According to local media, the man was detained in his neighbors' livestock barn in the village of Al-Jadeed.
Relatives claimed, citing media, that during his captivity the man could see and hear his family members through a hole in the cage, “but he was unable to scream or escape due to the spell his captor cast on him.”
The prosecution explained that the suspect, a 61-year-old local municipal employee who lives as if nothing had happened all these years, was arrested and will be tried after being interrogated.
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