Ashya King search: Missing 5-year-old found in Spain, parents arrested

A seriously ill child taken from a British hospital earlier this week by his parents, whose disappearance caused a major hunt amid fears his life could be at risk, was found in the south of Spain on Saturday, British and Spanish police said. Five-year-old Ashya King, who is suffering from a brain tumor, has been transferred to hospital and his parents have been arrested. Ashya was taken from the hospital by his parents against medical advice.

We just want to be left in peace, he is very sick I just want to get on with his treatment and I am not coming back to England if I cannot give him the treatment I want.

Ashya’s father Brett King

Ashya’s parents Brett King, 51, and Naghemeh King, 45, are devout Jehovah’s Witnesses and the decision to take their son without doctors’ approval raised questions over whether they were trying to avoid a blood transfusion, which is prohibited in their faith. Interpol had issued a global alert to find the missing child.

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