Four 'real-life Mowgli' kids rescued from poo-filled flat after cops finally called

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Covid-19.The rented apartment in Ekibastuz, in the north-eastern Kazakh region of Pavlodar, where the family had been living was littered with rubbish and dirty nappies, and the family had not eaten for at least the previous three days, according to a report from local news site Tengrinews.Local volunteers who rescued the children said: "There was a call to the police from neighbours about swearing and fighting allegedly coming from the apartment."After arriving, the police saw that everything was calm in the apartment, but noticed there were malnourished children with their parents, living without basic necessities."When our association was alerted, we quickly gathered food, nappies, soap and sanitary products that we already had stored."Volunteer Lyudmila Bylinina told local media: "The children were in a dirty apartment, there were faeces, flies, and the smell of urine everywhere."The kids were naked, dirty.

They weren't all walking. The girl had a huge belly, one of the boys had been vomiting for over two days, two older children had twisted limbs.

They had not eaten for three days, there was no food in the house."Volunteers said they called the emergency services and an ambulance took the children and their 27-year-old mother to hospital for health checks, adding: "The poor children did not go out, could not walk, were afraid of people, and were just like Mowgli."According to doctors, only the seven-year-old boy can speak.The children's mother told volunteers that their health has been worsening every year and the kids stopped walking about a year ago.Helpers also learned that the children had never been registered with the authorities and had never received medical attention.The family had moved to Ekibastuz three.