Breaking News: An Algerian man, Omar Bin Omran, who vanished at the age of 17 on his way to vocational school in 1998, has been discovered alive a mere 200 meters from his family home, hidden in a neighbor’s cellar beneath haystacks.

In a bizarre twist, the case cracked open after a heated social media dispute over inheritance led Omar’s brother to expose the 61-year-old captor, a solitary civil servant often seen buying groceries for two. Following the explosive social media post, Omar’s family, fueled by years of anguish and hope, stormed the captor’s residence, leading to the surreal discovery.

The captor is now in police custody, facing serious allegations of abduction. The Public Prosecutor’s Office has initiated legal proceedings based on a complaint suggesting that Omar had been confined in a sheepfold of the captor’s home for nearly three decades.

The details surrounding Omar’s inability to seek help all these years remain murky. According to reports from Algerian media, Omar claimed he was under a spell cast by his abductor, rendering him unable to call out or escape his long ordeal.

This shocking revelation raises as many questions as it answers about the nature of his disappearance and captivity.

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