An Algerian man who went missing 26 years ago in his late teens has been discovered alive in his neighbour’s basement, just 10 metres from his home.

The man, identified as Omar bin Omran, disappeared from Djelfa, in Algeria, during the Algerian civil war in the 1990s, <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;reports BBC&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://au.news.yahoo.com/algerian-man-found-alive-cellar-164352766.html&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/algerian-man-found-alive-cellar-164352766.html" target="_blank">reports BBC</a>.

Now 45, the man was held captive just 10 metres from his home{ai:summary}<p>Missing Algerian man found 26 years later in neighbor's basement, close to home. Omar bin Omran reemerges after disappearing during civil war. #crime</p>

Algerian man missing for 26 years found alive in neighbour's basement

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