In Spain, a French couple was arrested at the end of December. They planned to “sacrifice” their five-year-old son in the Sahara, believing him to be “possessed”, Spanish authorities announced on Saturday. The Civil Guard arrested a “couple of French origin” who had “the intention of assassinating their five-year-old son in the Sahara because they believed he was possessed”, thus wanting to “sacrifice” him, she indicated. in a press release, without specifying where the family came from in France.
The arrest took place on December 21 in the port of Algeciras, in southern Spain, as the family was about to board a ferry to Tangier in Morocco.
The healthy child
Both parents had “psychiatric problems” and were the subject of a European arrest warrant for “kidnapping a minor”, added the Civil Guard. The two suspects were remanded in custody by a judge in Spain.
The child is in good health and was sent to a reception center for minors in Spain before returning to France.