Missing boy returns to family

Abu Dhabi: The 12-year-old boy who was feared missing since Saturday was found late Sunday night by family friends, his father told Gulf News.

Mohammad Fazil, who disappeared from Al Wahda Mall on Saturday afternoon, had returned to the mall with the friend at whose house he had spent the night.

Family friends who were keeping a watch out for Mohammad found him and alerted his father, T.P. Mustafa, a 48-year-old businessman from India.

“We are just happy to have him back, and will slowly work towards helping him understand how much this incident worried his entire family,” Mustafa told Gulf News.

Mohammad, a grade six pupil at a private school in the capital, is at home with his family today and will begin attending school as soon as he is ready, Mustafa added.