Father locks son in wooden box

BOLIVIA, June 17 (bdnews24.com/Reuters)-- A man in Bolivia locks his 21 year old son inside a wooden box for two months.

You can hardly believe it... but this 21 year old man has been held prisoner inside this wooden box for the past 8 weeks... locked in by his father.

David Knelsen told police in Santa Cruz Bolivia that his son Johan was mentally ill... Knelsen said his son had stolen three chickens and that he had punished Johan by locking him inside this box.

SON FREED FROM BOX, JOHAN KNELSEN, SAYING:

"I went out and when I came back I they were angry with me here at home and some people tied me up and [he] put me in here. Eight weeks ago."

After police found out about incident, they ordered David to release Johan.

Inside the two metre-by-three metre box, police found pillows and plastic bottles that Johan had used as a toilet.

David and his family are members of a Christian faith group that follows a strict interpretation of the bible and shuns the use of technology.

Officials say there are dozens of Mennonite settlements in eastern Bolivia.

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