Children who never left their home found in central Prague

Police in Prague city centre have discovered two small children whose parents had never taken them outdoors, the daily Mladá fronta Dnes reports. The children – a boy aged three and an 18-month-old girl – were apparently born at home, had never been taken to a doctor and were in good physical but poor psychological condition. The paper says that the parents were trying to protect the children from an “evil world” and had lost interest in them after they were touched by another person. They are now in the care of their grandparents after being taken to a children’s centre. Police will not say whether the parents will be prosecuted.