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Russia Sect Spent Decade Underground —Literally

Islamist group kept 27 children from seeing daylight

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 9, 2012 2:17 PM CDT

(Newser) – Russian authorities have freed 27 children who were living in underground cells as part of an Islamist sect. Some of the kids, ages 1 to 17, had never experienced daylight before, the Telegraph reports. They lived in the dark, without heat, among 70 members of...   Read full story »

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