Austrian police have arrested Tom Landon, a 54-year-old man, who attacked two social workers with pepper spray when they found him
living illegally
in a private wine cellar in the northeast of the country
with a woman and six young children
, the authorities reported. authorities this Monday.
Police in the province of Lower Austria were still trying to determine the identity of six children, who ranged
in age from 7 months to 5 years.
Tom Landon, who would be the father of the six children and the entrance to the cellar.
Residents of Obritz, a small town near the Czech border, alerted authorities last week that a family
was living illegally in the cellar.
“Residents sometimes heard children's voices in the basement,” the city's deputy mayor, Erich Greil, told Austrian broadcaster
ORF
.
"When the neighbors approached, they were silent."
pepper spray attack
When two social workers arrived on Thursday to check on the children, police said the man
attacked them with pepper spray
and blocked the cellar door.
Social workers called the police, who arrived at the scene and arrested the man.
When the police searched the basement, they found a woman and the six children, believed to
be the couple and their children.
The front of the house where they lived locked in a basement (Video capture).
Police also found
several weapons
, including a pistol, crossbows, and BB guns.
According to police, the man said the children were born in England.
The police reported that they were not officially registered in Austria and that they were working to confirm the identities of the children.
In the cellar of this house they lived locked in a basement (Video capture).
The children were taken to a nearby hospital and were not neglected, the police spokesman said.
They are now in the custody of social services.
The local press reported that the man is a
follower of the Citizens of the Reich movement
, a far-right group that believes the original Reich still exists.
The Austrian authorities have not confirmed this information.
PA agency.
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