3 batang kinulong ng magulang sa kanilang bahay nuon pang 2021 dahil sa COVID-19 pandemic, nasagip

- Three children were rescued from being locked up in their Oviedo house in northern Spain

- According to reports, the children were locked inside the home since December 2021, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic

- Authorities said the children weren't malnourished, but they were dirty, and the house looked terrible

- The saved children are 8-year-old twins and a 10-year-old, who investigators recalled to “began to breathe deeply, as if they had never been outside before”

Three children were rescued after being locked inside their home in Oviedo, located in northern Spain.

Reports said the children had been confined inside the house since December 2021, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Authorities shared that while the children were not malnourished, they were unclean, and the condition of the house was in a very poor state.

The rescued children, identified as 8-year-old twins and a 10-year-old, were described by investigators as having “begun to breathe deeply, as if they had never been outside before.”

According to El Comercio, the children's parents are a 53-year-old German man and his wife, and his 48-year-old American wife, who also with a German passport.

Both were put in provisional detention on Wednesday. They were charged with domestic violence with habitual psychological abuse and abandonment of minors, with no recommended bail.

"When we took them out of the house, into the garden, where they wouldn’t even go outside, they saw a snail and went crazy, freaked out," authorities said.

The COVID-19 pandemic was a global health crisis caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which first emerged in late 2019. It led to widespread illness, deaths, and major disruptions around the world.

Governments imposed lockdowns, travel bans, and health protocols like mask-wearing and social distancing to slow the spread. Hospitals were overwhelmed, economies were affected, and everyday life changed for billions of people.

Vaccines were developed at record speed, helping to reduce severe cases and deaths. Though the pandemic phase has ended, COVID-19 continues to circulate, and its impact is still felt in many areas of life today.

You may also check out PhilSTAR Life, El Comercio, El Mundo, and ABC's articles.

News, photos or videos that arouse the interest of netizens would often go viral on social media, due to the attention netizens give them. These viral posts appeal to the emotions of netizens, and in rare cases, such could also happen to ordinary people, making them very relatable.

In a previous report by KAMI, a family of three was mercilessly shot and killed inside their store in Barangay Mallorca, San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija. Caught by CCTV, three men entered their store, closed the roll up door, and shot the entire family to death. Before fleeing, one of the suspect even grabbed a bag and mobile phone from the suspects. In a report by Gary De Leon of TV 5's 'Frontline Pilipinas,' the family started getting threats after lending P1-M to one of the residents of their barangay; allegedly using the money for business.

In another viral local report, a 51-year-old public teacher in Las Piñas City was stabbed multiple times by her own husband. According to the report of EJ Gomez in 'Unang Balita,' the 38-year-old suspect committed the crime inside the school's faculty room. Police authorities said the school has a security guard, but being a familiar face in the school, the suspect managed to easily get in and out of the school. The suspect said he was there to talk to his wife and settle their misunderstanding, but unfortunately, it led to a big arguement.

Source: KAMI.com.gh