Thursday, March 18, 2010

British Boy Kidnapped in Pakistan Returns to UK


LONDON – A 5-year-old British boy who was kidnapped and held in Pakistan for two weeks has arrived safely back in Britain.
Sahil Saeed, of Pakistani origin, was snatched on March 4 from his grandparents' house in central Pakistan where he was vacationing with relatives. He was released unharmed Tuesday, and on Thursday he flew back to Manchester, England, where he and his family live.
The boy's father, Raja Naqqash Saeeda, says: "Sahil is doing well, is in good spirits."
Spanish police say three people have been arrested in Spain and that authorities have confiscated 100,000 pounds ($150,000) that the boy's family had paid to the kidnappers.
PARIS - Paris police have freed two suspects detained in the probe into the kidnapping of a 5-year-old British boy in Pakistan.
A police official says the suspects, a father and son, were related to two people who collected the ransom paid for the boy in Paris, but were found to have no links to the crime. The official was not authorized to be named because of police policy.
The suspects were detained in the Paris suburb of Bobigny on Tuesday and released Wednesday.
Three other suspects, including those who collected the ransom, have been arrested in Spain.
The child, Sahil Saeed, was released Tuesday, almost two weeks after being abducted from his grandparents' house in central Pakistan. He is expected to return to Britain later Thursday.

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