Dutch police discover family locked away for years on farm 'waiting for the end of time'
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A group of siblings found after spending nine years secluded in a basement waiting for the end of times
Police in the Netherlands discovered a family of young adult siblings and a 58-year-old man in the basement of a farmhouse after one of the older siblings escaped and made his way to a pub for help. According to a press conference with the mayor of Ruinerwold, the older man is not the father, and the kids had been held in the basement for years.
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AMSTERDAM (REUTERS) - Five siblings and a man believed to be their father were receiving medical treatment after Dutch police acting on a tip discovered them locked away in a secret room at an isolated farm, officials in the Netherlands said on Tuesday (Oct 15).
The five, estimated at 18 to 25 years of age, and a man they identified as their ailing father were found near Ruinerwold, a village in the northern province of Drenthe.
We found six people living in a small space in the house which could be locked, not a cellar. It is unclear if they resided there voluntarily, local police said in a statement, adding that the people may have been hidden away on the property for nine years.
They say they are a family, a father and five children, police added.
Officials did not confirm local TV reports that the family may have held end of days apocalyptic beliefs.
Earlier, local Mayor Roger de Groot said a 58-year-old man, not the father of the children, had been arrested. His role was unclear.
The Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad daily identified the man as Joseph B., an Austrian carpenter.