Overview
- The Justice Ministry triggered a nationwide child‑abduction alert Tuesday evening and the Alençon prosecutor lifted it Wednesday morning for operational reasons as the search continued.
- Police quickly located the suspect’s white Peugeot 308 near Alençon, then traced a roughly 300 km route to Morbihan using telephony data and the suspect’s social‑media activity.
- Khuslen was recovered unharmed late Wednesday morning in Saint‑Avé, near Vannes, where the Nantes BRI intercepted the suspect on a supermarket parking lot.
- The father, Enkhtaivan Enkhbold, 36, was placed in custody on suspicion of abduction and sequestration, two other people were detained, all garde à vue were prolonged, and the case was transferred to the Caen prosecutor’s office.
- Ouest‑France reports the suspect had a 2024 domestic‑violence conviction and had lost parental authority, and during his flight he posted online messages and reportedly threatened suicide with the child.