2 missing boys die trapped in lift

2 young brothers died of starvation and dehydration after becoming trapped in a broken lift in an empty building, authorities said Friday.

Izvor: International Herald Tribune

Saturday, 14.06.2008.

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2 young brothers died of starvation and dehydration after becoming trapped in a broken lift in an empty building, authorities said Friday. A coroner concluded that 6-year-old Aihan and 8-year-old Amet Ceribasi, whose disappearance prompted a nationwide alert, had survived for up to five days in the elevator before dying, hospital officials said. 2 missing boys die trapped in lift Authorities issued a nationwide alert for the brothers after they disappeared in the northeastern city of Orestiada on May 28. Police later arrested and jailed their father and another couple on suspicion of having sold the boys, who were two of about 10 siblings. Late Thursday, a woman alerted police about to a strong smell coming from a newly constructed but empty apartment building near where the boys disappeared. Authorities found the brothers' bodies in an elevator stuck between the second and third floor. Regional police chief Christos Nikolopoulos said the boys were found naked but bore no visible injuries. A small window on the elevator door had been broken, and the boys' shorts and shoes were found on the floor outside, he said. Police believe the children broke the window and threw their clothes out in an attempt to attract the attention of anyone entering the building. It was not immediately clear how they had become trapped in the elevator.

2 missing boys die trapped in lift

Authorities issued a nationwide alert for the brothers after they disappeared in the northeastern city of Orestiada on May 28.

Police later arrested and jailed their father and another couple on suspicion of having sold the boys, who were two of about 10 siblings.

Late Thursday, a woman alerted police about to a strong smell coming from a newly constructed but empty apartment building near where the boys disappeared. Authorities found the brothers' bodies in an elevator stuck between the second and third floor.

Regional police chief Christos Nikolopoulos said the boys were found naked but bore no visible injuries. A small window on the elevator door had been broken, and the boys' shorts and shoes were found on the floor outside, he said.

Police believe the children broke the window and threw their clothes out in an attempt to attract the attention of anyone entering the building.

It was not immediately clear how they had become trapped in the elevator.

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