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Authorities are on the hunt for a missing 11-year-old lad, distributing a relevant image.

Search Alert: Young Child Vanished in Bochum Area - A boy of 11 years old has been unaccounted for since July 25, 2025, in the towns of Gladbeck, Bochum, and Duisburg.

Authorities are on a hunt for a lost 11-year-old boy, presenting a pictorial aid for...
Authorities are on a hunt for a lost 11-year-old boy, presenting a pictorial aid for identification.

Authorities are on the hunt for a missing 11-year-old lad, distributing a relevant image.

The Bochum Police have reported a missing 11-year-old boy who has been unaccounted for since July 25, 2025. The young boy left a youth facility in Gladbeck and did not return.

The missing child is believed to be staying with relatives or acquaintances, and there has been telephone contact with him. However, the exact location of the boy remains unknown.

Previous search efforts have been unsuccessful, and the authorities are urging the public to come forward with any information that could help locate the missing boy.

Possible locations for the missing boy include Gladbeck, Bochum, and Duisburg. A photo of the missing boy can be found at the following link: https://polizei.nrw/fahndung/176195.

The head of the Recklinghausen Police Headquarters, Chief Inspector Thomas Müller, is leading the search for the missing boy. The Police Headquarters in Recklinghausen can be contacted for further inquiries at 02361 55 1031. Alternatively, information can be reported to the police at 0800 2361 111.

For media inquiries, please contact the press office of the Police Headquarters in Recklinghausen at [email protected].

The authorities urge anyone with information about the missing boy to come forward and help bring him home safely.

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