Siblings found in unlit dungeon during raid; man says he didn't want people to laugh at him Shocking discovery in West Bank: A Palestinian man imprisoned his two mentally ill children for more than 20 years in a dungeon he dug under his house because he was ashamed of them, Palestinian police said on Tuesday. Police officers found the brother and his sister, in their 30s, in an unlit and unventilated dungeon during a raid against arms and drug dealers in the West Bank village of Beit Awa. The father told police he has imprisoned his children because he did not want people to laugh at him for bringing "abnormal children to this world." Source Similarity to the Fritzl case ?
The mentally ill in most countries need more help. Most countries and families ignore the fact that care is underfunded and researched.