Mannheim: Seven-year-old hides in the school bus and spends the night there. Officers assumed that the child had lost his way - but then he appeared under a bench on a bus.

After an ambulance crew checked his health, the boy was handed over to his parents. The boy had been missing since early Wednesday afternoon. The investigators initially assumed that he hadLost his way and might be in a helpless situation. According to the police, a helicopter was used to search for the boy in downtown Mannheim.