Six British kids have been taken into care in Austria after they had been discovered to have been residing in an deserted wine cellar with their mother and father.
Police have stated their father, a 54-year-old Austrian, is a member of the far-right Reichsburger motion and is a recognized Holocaust denier.
Social companies had been known as to the property in Obritz, close to the Czech border, when locals grew to become involved for the youngsters’s welfare.
But once they tried to get in, the daddy attacked them with pepper spray.
Police had been known as and the person was arrested. He has since been launched on bail as an investigation is carried out.
The kids – aged between seven months and 5 years – had been taken with their mom to be checked out in hospital.
Police spokesman Stefan Loidl stated they had been “in a good health condition and were not neglected”.
The kids are at the moment being taken care of by social companies.
Local authorities stated they believed the household had been residing within the unlawful hideout for a number of months however there had been complaints about them over the previous few weeks.
Erich Greil, Orbritz deputy mayor, stated: “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.”
Police stated there was no suggestion of any sexual abuse of the youngsters discovered within the cellar.
Mr Loidl added {that a} “long gun, two crossbows and several compressed air weapons”, had been discovered within the cellar.
Source: information.sky.com”