Sunday, November 24, 2024 at the end of the afternoon, an 18-year-old man was kidnapped by two individuals, at gunpoint, near the Place du Drapeau and the convention center in Parthenay, reported the next day our colleagues from Western Mail. Information that we were able to confirm. Safe and sound, the victim was found later in the evening.
“It happened very quickly”
“It happened very quickly”reports a witness to the scene, who then gives details on how this kidnapping took place. Armed, the two individuals first forced the young man to follow them. A few moments later, the latter ran away before falling not far from the convention center, then being hit by his pursuers, who then threatened customers of the neighboring bar who tried to intervene. The man was then kidnapped in rue Jean-Jaurès, where the criminals left behind the wheel of a BMW car.
Significant gendarmerie resources were mobilized: on the social network Facebook, residents of Parthenay and the surrounding area noted the increased presence of gendarmes in the streets of the capital of Gâtine as well as the deployment of a police helicopter. gendarmerie.
The Parthenay gendarmerie company, which does not wish to communicate on this matter, only indicates that a judicial investigation is underway.
