PARIS (AP) — Police are searching for a 5-year-old British boy with a severe brain tumor whose parents took him out of a British hospital and were last seen in France.

The press office for Jehovah’s Witnesses said Friday that Ashya King’s parents were followers, but that there was no indication that the family’s decision was motivated by religious convictions.

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