Victim of a violent home-jacking on New Year's Eve, a 56-year-old man was kidnapped and found by chance by BAC police officers, in a car trunk, 500 kilometers from his home.
This is a truly unusual affair. During the night of Wednesday to Thursday, January 2, police officers from the BAC in Le Mans spotted a hooded man filling up with gasoline in an area on the edge of the ring road, located near Saint-Pavace, in Sarthe. . Our colleagues from France Bleu explain that the officers discovered that the car had been stolen in Eure and decided to go and “hit” it in order to immobilize the vehicle and arrest its driver, as well as the passenger who was found with him. But the two men managed to escape.
Once back at their vehicle, the officers heard cries for help coming from the trunk of the stolen car. Inside, they discovered a totally disoriented man, whose body had been doused with gasoline and who showed numerous marks of blows. The latter explained that he was the victim, with his wife and their daughter, of a violent home-jacking on the evening of December 31, at their home in Saint-Genis-Pouilly, in Ain. More than 500 kilometers away.
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A ransom demand in Dubai
According to France Bleu, this 56-year-old man was therefore kidnapped following this violent burglary and a ransom demand was sent, via encrypted networks, to his son who lives in Dubai. An investigation has been opened to try to shed light on this strange affair. The two men on the run are still being sought, but one of them lost his hood and the latter is currently being analyzed. An element that could prove key.
