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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-10-04
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[01] UK police to knock down part of farmhouse in ongoing search for
Ben Needham
[01] UK police to knock down part of farmhouse in ongoing search for
Ben Needham
Continuing their search for possible remains of Ben Needham, a toddler
that disappeared while holidaying with his parents on the Greek island
of Kos in 1991, police officers from South Yorkshire on Tuesday obtained
permission to knock down part of the farmhouse where the family had
stayed when he went missing.
The UK police team had launched an excavation on a site adjacent to the
farmhouse nine days ago, following up reports that Ben might have been
accidentally crushed and then buried by a digger working on the land at
that time. Several days of digging with the assistance of experts and
archaeologists have so far failed to reveal any evidence in support of
this claim, though the discovery of an ancient Roman graveyard led to
a brief stop in the work last Friday.
The search is now focused on a room that was added onto the house where
Ben's family had stayed in the years following his disappearance. The
work will be carried out on Tuesday, using a special machine that is to
be transported to Kos. Meanwhile, the search is continuing in the area
around the house.
In an announcement on Tuesday, the Kos municipal authority expressed
its "active support for the search" and appealed to all sides to let
the authorities conclude their investigation for the truth about what
happened to Ben. At the same time, it warned against the spreading of
"scenarios" that smeared the reputations of families and people that were
no longer living, noting that "these do not help the search, especially
when there is no proof."
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