MADRID: A woman was accused by her former husband kidnapped their two boys to prevent them vaccinated against Covid-19 transform themselves to the authorities on Wednesday, officials said.
The 46-year-old woman was sought after “kidnapping minors” after her ex-husband, who lived near Seville City Selatan, filed a complaint to the police in mid-December accused him of taking boys aged 14 and 12 without authorization.
, The source of the court told AFP.
The man said he had not seen a boy since November 4 when he received a letter from his ex-wife who said he planned to erase from their school just a few days after the court decided that he had the right to decide whether children must be vaccinated.
The woman turned her to be the authorities on Wednesday morning in Seville with the two boys and a judge ordered him to be returned on the allegations of delay, the source said.
Both underage children were handed over to their father on Wednesday afternoon, a spokesman for the Spanish Guardia Civil Police Force.
Spain, along with several other European countries, began to vaccinate children aged five to 11 against Covid-19 on December 15.
This country does not have a significant anti-vaccine movement.
With 90 percent more than 12 in this country is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, Spain has one of the highest shares of people who are fully immunized in Europe.
Spanish children ‘kidnap’ children to avoid covid vaccines
