Interesting Global [email protected]English • 1 month ago

Algerian man found alive after 26 years in neighbour’s cellar

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Algerian man found alive after 26 years in neighbour’s cellar

Interesting Global [email protected]English • 1 month ago

Officials have arrested a 61-year-old man suspected of keeping him prisoner.

Officials have arrested a 61-year-old man suspected of keeping him prisoner.

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Bad translation/cultural interpretation? Maybe they meant something along the lines of “if I spoke he would have hurt my family” which is a verbal phrase that holds power over him, sort of like a spell.
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  No translation issue there. Northern Africa is quite known for witchcraft. People here might have trouble coming to terms with this, but it is what it is.

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