The event occurred in Algeria, in the municipality of Al-Qadid. Omar Bin Omran disappeared in 1998, when he was a teenager.
In the last hours, the case of Omar Bin Omran shocked Algeria and to the whole world. The 45-year-old man was reportedly kidnaped in 1998 during the civil war in the African country and was rescued alive 26 years later.
The Algerian He disappeared in the municipality of Al-Qadid when he left home to go to school. The surprising thing is that the authorities They found him in his neighbor’s basement, just 200 meters from where he lived.
How was the disappearance of Omar Bin Omran
When his relatives noticed that the man, who was a teenager at the time, was not returning home, They reported the disappearance and carried out an intense search. Even agents from the National Gendarmerie traveled to other states in the country looking for Bin Omran’s whereabouts, but they were unsuccessful.
In this way, as the years went by, his family and friends left the Algerian for dead, since in the middle of his disappearance the Civil War in Algeria. The one who never lost hope was her mother, who died in 2013 without knowing that her son was just meters away from her.
The rescue of Omar Bin Omran
Due to the number of years that had passed, the case had been closed. However, the case was reopened after the kidnapper’s brother rrevealed that his relative was Omar’s captor. He did this after having an argument over an inheritance.
The perpetrator of the kidnapping had already raised suspicions after being accused of poisoning the Bin Omran family dog so that he does not discover the whereabouts of the young man.
Following the information provided by the captor’s brother, the authorities searched his house and They found the victim in a basement. They quickly carried out the rescue and the man was assisted by doctors and taken to a hospital.
For his part, the 61-year-old kidnapper tried to escape, but the Police managed to arrest him. Now, the prosecution will judge the accused “severely” because they described the incident as a “heinous crime“.
Source: Ambito
