pantyhosewimp ,

My guts tell me this has something to do with it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Algeria

june ,

Possibly, the article implies it just had to do with the civil war in the 90s. Why do you think homosexuality was a factor?

IzzyScissor ,

A 35 year old man kidnapped a 19 year old man and kept him hidden for 26 years. I would be shocked if there WEREN'T a sexual aspect to the story.

june ,

So you are saying the reason that they acted on the tip was because of the implication of sexual slavery involving two men rather than just the sexual slavery part?

JoMiran ,
@JoMiran@lemmy.ml avatar

Me: I am sure the headline is clickbait and the story is not that weird.

* reads story *

Me: W...T...F?????

hypnicjerk ,

Mr Bin Omran told his rescuers he had at times seen his family from his prison, but claimed he had been unable to call out for help “because of a spell that his captor had cast on him”, local media reported.

i uh... huh.

june ,

Bad translation/cultural interpretation? Maybe they meant something along the lines of "if I spoke he would have hurt my family" which is a verbal phrase that holds power over him, sort of like a spell.

Flyswat ,

No translation issue there. Northern Africa is quite known for witchcraft.
People here might have trouble coming to terms with this, but it is what it is.

livus ,

He was only 19 when he was stolen and may not have had a science based education.

Reminds me a bit of the Jaycee Duggard case, she ended up interacting with lots of people without telling them that she was being held by a kidnapper.

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