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British citizen robbed, 6-year-old son kidnapped in Pakistan

Other News Materials 4 March 2010 17:15 (UTC +04:00)
A British citizen of Pakistani origin was robbed and his 6-year-old son kidnapped during his holidays in Pakistan's eastern province of Punjab, a police official said Thursday.
British citizen robbed, 6-year-old son kidnapped in Pakistan

A British citizen of Pakistani origin was robbed and his 6-year-old son kidnapped during his holidays in Pakistan's eastern province of Punjab, a police official said Thursday, DPA reported.

The incident occurred Wednesday night at Jehlum, 120 kilometres south-east of Islamabad, when four armed men forced their way into the house of Raja Naqash Saeed after he left the gate open to let a taxi in.

"They ransacked the house, put the stolen items and the boy in the taxi and drove away," a local police official, Abdul Mateen, said.

Saeed said he and other family members were assaulted during the attack. The kidnappers had yet to contact him about ransom for his son, he said, but he expected a call from them Thursday.

Saeed lives in Oldham in the greater Manchester area.

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