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Brothers found after national search alert | Brothers found after national search alert |
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Three brothers who went missing from their foster home in Sunderland have been found safe and well at a house in Accrington, Lancashire. | |
The three boys, aged 15, 12 and 10, were last seen in Newcastle on Monday evening. | The three boys, aged 15, 12 and 10, were last seen in Newcastle on Monday evening. |
The boys disappeared after going on a bike ride to a local park, sparking a UK-wide search. | The boys disappeared after going on a bike ride to a local park, sparking a UK-wide search. |
Northumbria Police said a total of seven people had been arrested in connection with the case. | |
Two men, aged 47 and 22, and a 23-year-old woman were arrested in Lancashire earlier, a 37-year-old man was arrested in London and another man, aged 41, was arrested in Newcastle, on Thursday evening. | |
Officers are continuing to question a 34-year-old man and a woman of 39, arrested in Birmingham on Wednesday. | |
A Northumbria Police spokesman said the boys would be reunited with their foster parents as soon as possible. |