French man charged with keeping nine-year-old son locked in van since 2024
Police rescued boy after neighbour reported sounds of a child coming from vehicle in Hagenbach in eastern France
A malnourished nine-year-old boy was rescued after being locked in his father’s van since 2024 in eastern France, a prosecutor said.
A neighbour alerted police to “sounds of a child” coming from a vehicle in the village of Hagenbach, near the borders of Switzerland and Germany.
Source: Theguardian.com
Original source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/11/french-man-charged-keeping-nine-year-old-son-locked-van-hagenbach