A huge search has been launched for a mute six-year-old boy who vanished after his parents took their eyes off him for just three minutes.
Little Arian Arnold went missing while playing in his garden in the small town of Elm, near Bremervoerde, in the northern state of Lower Saxony, on Monday evening. His terrified parents alerted local police just minutes after noticing his disappearance.
Authorities have since launched a major search for the boy, deploying an army Tornado jet, sniffer dogs, drones, a sonar boat and several divers for the search.
The autistic six-year-old, who is nonverbal, had only recently starting playing in the garden – where a trampoline and football goal post had been erected for him – by himself and would usually come back into the house on his own accord.
But when he disappeared, his parents ‘quickly recognised the seriousness of the situation’ and called the fire department and police, which said the search for the boy was ‘particularly difficult’ due to him neither speaking nor responding to people.
‘Arian can hardly articulate himself. We are looking for a boy who would not contact us even when we are near him. It’s possible he’ll still be out next night. The situation is dramatic,’ the police chief told German tabloid Bild.
Police have now confirmed that Arian was alone when he went missing, as CCTV shows him wandering through the streets in his neighbourhood by himself.
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