Dutch family ‘waiting for end of time’ found locked away
16 October 2019 |
10:10 am
Five siblings and a man believed to be their father are 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. Local media reported that the family had been waiting for the end of time. Colette Luke has more.
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