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full screen According to the prosecutor, the motive was to pressure the plaintiff and his relatives for money. Archive image. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
A boy under the age of 18 was kidnapped for several days in Uppsala earlier this summer, UNT reports.
A total of six people, four men aged 20-30 and two women in their 20s, are in custody on probable cause, suspected of, among other things, kidnapping, aggravated assault and attempted aggravated extortion.
– The motive, as we see it, has been to pressure the plaintiff and his relatives for money, says prosecutor Andreas Nyberg to the newspaper.
The kidnapping took place on June 29. The boy was held in different places until he was released on July 4.
During the kidnapping, the boy is said to have been beaten by the perpetrators with a stick, but he escaped without serious physical injuries.
One of the women could already be arrested while the boy was still being held captive. The others were arrested the following week.
The prosecutor says that it is not possible to exclude additional perpetrators.