SIX British children have have been found living in an abandoned wine cellar in Austria, sparking a huge police probe. The youngsters, all aged under five, were discovered in the illegal hideout&nb…
It is not clear how long the family-of-eight had lived in the cellar but there were doors, windows, water and electricity.Local authorities said they believed the family were living in the illegal hideout for several months but there had been complaints about them over the last few weeks.
Erich Greil, Orbritz deputy mayor, said: "The surveillance cameras in front of the cellar were particularly annoying and residents sometimes heard children's voices in the basement and as soon as they approached it was quiet."The children are aged between seven months and five-years-old. Karl-Josef Weiss, Hollabrunn District Governor, said the children were neither locked up nor neglected.The children have been taken into care after authorities were unable to find their Austrian birth records.It is unclear if they have British citizenship.
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