In a startling discovery, Omar Bin Omran, who disappeared at the age of 17 nearly three decades ago, was found alive in a hidden cellar of his neighbor's house in Djelfa, Algeria. Omar was believed to have been kidnapped and was found on May 12,

ALBAWABA Algeria's justice ministry announced on Tuesday that a man who had been missing for 26 years was discovered in his neighbor's house, just a short walk away. Identified only as Omar B., he disappeared at the age of 19 during the Algerian Civil War in 1998,

Captive presumed dead lived in a squalid dungeon under bales of hay after being ‘kidnapped’ as a teenager in 1996

Omar Bin Omran went missing in 1998. After 26 years, he was found alive on a neighbor's property. The man, now 45 years old, had been held captive for nearly three decades right next to his family home.

Named as Omar Bin Omran, he is said to have disappeared in the city of Djelfa in Algeria 27 years ago. His family assumed he had been killed during the civil war.