Cairo: An Egyptian mother locked up her own son at a home for more than ten years, Almarsd reported.
The 17-year-old was held for over a decade in an abandoned house in the village of Shebin Al Koum, in Gharbia province, north of Egypt.
The police stormed the dilapidated house and freed the teenager, after neighbours reported sounds of whining coming from the house.
A report in Al Ahram newspaper said the mum, Aziza Alaqmi, held him hostage ever since the death of his father.
The police intervened to end the suffering of Mohammed Rajab Al Gharbaoui and took him to hospital for medical assessment.