Kortenberg / Everberg –
A minor was able to escape from the closed youth institution De Grubbe in Everberg on Saturday morning. The police conducted a large-scale search, but for the time being they were unable to locate the youngster.
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The youngster disappeared from the institution on Saturday morning at around 4.30 am. It is not yet clear how he could escape. The police immediately started a search. “We searched the area with several teams, and were also assisted by a detection dog and the police helicopter,” said police spokesman Johan Vanhumbeeck. “We stopped the search in the area around 7 am.”
The search is currently continuing. “Our research field has now shifted somewhat, to locations further from the institution with which the young person has a link,” says Vanhumbeeck. For the time being, the police do not want to release any information about the young person’s identity and why he is in the institution.
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