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Friday, 27 February 2026 - 08:00

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Young teens missing from Noord-Brabant village found safe

Update 9:08 a.m. - Article updated after the Breda police confirmed that the children had been found

A boy and two girls who went missing in the Noord-Brabant village of Sleeuwijk on Wednesday evening have been found, the Breda police reported on Friday morning. The police did not provide any details, only thanking locals for keeping an eye out for the teens.

On Thursday evening, the police placed an urgent appeal for information about the kids' whereabouts on Facebook, along with descriptions of the boy and two girls.

The boy is approximately 1.6 meters tall. He has a slim build and curly brown hair. When he was last seen, he was wearing a dark jacket, black jeans, and light-colored shoes.

One girl has a slim build and short, curly blond hair. She was wearing dark clothing on Wednesday. She is shorter than the boy.

The second girl has blond hair and is also shorter than the boy. She was wearing a dark blue hoodie with a white T-shirt underneath, a blue jacket, light blue jeans, and white sneakers. She was also reportedly carrying a black backpack.

The police described their disappearance as “urgent” and asked anyone with information about their whereabouts to contact them at once.

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