British boy kidnapped in Pakistan for £100,000 ransom

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(Free-Press-Release.com) March 4, 2010 -- A five-year-old British boy has been kidnapped by armed robbers in Pakistan, local police have said.
Sahil Saeed, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was abducted in Jhelum, where his family were on holiday.
Robbers broke into where they were staying, in Punjab province, on Wednesday night and have demanded a ransom of about £100,000.

The British High Commission is in touch with his family and local authorities have launched an investigation.

George Sherriff, a spokesman for the commission in Islamabad, said they were "continually monitoring the situation".

The spokesman said the family had been due to fly back to Britain on Thursday following a two-week visit.
The boy's father, Raja Naqqah Saeed, had been visiting his mother in Pakistan with Sahil.

They were about to leave for the airport to return to the UK at 2300 local time (1800 GMT) on Wednesday when four men - armed with guns and a grenade - approached the house.

Up to 10 family members inside the house were beaten by the intruders in a six-hour ordeal during the night.

The robbers eventually fled with the boy, demanding a ransom equivalent to £100,000. They also took household items, believed to be jewelery and money.

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