Germany: 1,200 rescuers search for missing 6-year-old

A large-scale effort to find  a missing 6-year-old with autism continued connected Sunday near the bluish German municipality of Bremervörde, westbound of Hamburg.

Around 1,200 radical including police, soldiers, firefighters, members of the THW civilian extortion bureau and volunteers person been searching for the child.

The boy, called Arian, was past seen connected Monday evening. A surveillance camera filmed the lad leaving his parents location successful Elm and moving towards a nearby forest, alone.

He had past been seen wearing an orange, long-sleeved sweater, black-dragon-print sweatpants and socks.

The hunt has progressive astir 1,200, including soldiers and volunteers, who are scouring the country wherever Arian was past seenImage: Philipp Schulze/dpa/picture alliance

Missing kid non-responsive

Arian has autism and according to constabulary cannot articulate himself and does not respond erstwhile spoken to.

Authorities person deployed boats, drones and sniffer dogs, portion hunt and rescue teams person searched ditches and pipes.

"The ample fig of forces" that were deployed connected Sunday "shows that we inactive person hope," German property bureau DPA quoted a constabulary spokesperson arsenic saying.

Authorities person utilized boats, drones and sniffer dogs successful the hunt for missing Aian and bash nary fishy foul playImage: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa/picture alliance

Investigators person said determination are nary indications of foul play successful Arian's disappearance and that the hunt volition proceed connected Monday.

The hunt portion — which had antecedently focused connected the country astir Elm — was extended connected Sunday to see much distant locations.

As portion of the efforts, a 1.5-kilometer (nearly a mile) wide quality concatenation moved from northbound to southbound towards Elm.

Police accidental that footprints that could person travel from Arian person been repeatedly recovered successful hunt country successful caller days.

Soldiers person besides been utilizing nighttime imaginativeness goggles and constabulary divers person besides been scouring the adjacent Oste river.

kb/dj (dpa, DW sources)