It was to earn the ridiculous sum of 100 euros that these men did not hesitate to take a boy hostage. The latter, aged 21, was kidnapped and held captive on Saturday between Argenteuil (Val-d'Oise) and Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine), for four hours by kidnappers who initially demanded payment of a debt from him. of 1,700 euros.
It is around 4 p.m. on rue des Bordelais, in Argenteuil, when “Abder” leaves a group of friends. A car stops near him. And the passenger, with his face partially hidden, orders him to get into the car to “solve a problem”. He obeys and finds himself surrounded by two men, of whom he can only give an approximate description. “They would have explained to him that one of these acquaintances owed them 1,700 euros, without further details, and that he was to serve as a bargaining chip until this sum was paid,” specifies a source close to the case. .
After making several rounds of the neighborhood in the car, he is taken to a building lobby and entrusted to the custody of a third accomplice. The boy remained detained there for two hours. Then the first two thugs return, take him into their vehicle again and drive him to a park in Argenteuil. One of them hands him a phone and orders him to contact someone to find money. Abder calls his girlfriend. He manages to make her understand the difficult situation he finds himself in and hopes that she will notify the police.
Around 9 p.m., the young man still had not found the money requested for his release. The thugs take him home to Courbevoie, where his girlfriend is waiting for them. The two kidnappers searched the apartment from top to bottom in order to discover money. And finally, they flee with the sum of 100 euros in bank notes.
As soon as they were free, the victim and her friend notified the police. A patrol goes to their house. Then they are taken to the police station to be questioned. No traces of violence were found on Abder's body and he said he was unable to identify this trio whom he did not know. The Nanterre public prosecutor's office contacted investigators at the police station in order to shed light on this matter.
