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Breaking News
7:37pm UK, Wednesday March 17, 2010
Five Held Over Boy Kidnap As Dad Flies Out
Graham Fitzgerald, Sky News Online
Five people are being held over the kidnap of the British boy Sahil Saeed in Pakistan as the five year old's father flies out to be reunited with him.
Two Pakistani men and a Romanian woman were arrested near Tarragona, in north east Spain, in connection with the case. They will appear in court on Thursday.
It is understood one of the men and the woman had returned from collecting a 110,000 ransom in Paris.
Police say two relatives of the suspects were detained by police in the French capital.
Spanish police kept the trio under surveillance and did not move until Sahil was freed unharmed by his abductors in Jhelum, Pakistan, on Tuesday.
Police found mobile phones in the flat where the three had been staying, which had been used to contact Saeed's father.
They also discovered 105,00 in cash 3,565 euros (3,200) and a computer bought with the remainder of the ransom.
I need to see him with my own eyes to believe it. The police are looking after him. We are just watching the news.
Akila Naqqash
Pakistani authorities had said an international gang of kidnappers were behind Sahil's abduction 12 days ago.
Police added the first phone calls demanding a ransom had been made from Spain, which investigators tracked down to near where three of the suspects were arrested.
The kidnappers had ordered Sahil's father, Raja Naqqash Saeed, to travel first to Manchester, then to Paris to hand over the ransom money.
Sahil, from Oldham, was on holiday with his father in the Punjab region when he was snatched by gunmen on March 5.
Akila Naqqash and picture of her son Sahil
Mum Akila with photo
He was found by locals wandering in a field in on Tuesday, alone but well, and handed over to Pakistani police.
Sky News understands he will return to the UK on Thursday evening. His father, who is 28, is flying to Pakistan to bring him back.
The youngster's return is being organised by the British High Commission in Islamabad.
Sahil's mother, Akila Naqqash, 31, spoke of her joy after hearing that her son was safe.
Speaking from the family home, she said: "I need to see him with my own eyes to believe it.
"The police are looking after him. We are just watching the news. We are not travelling out there."
Mrs Naqqash, who also has two daughters aged four and 21 months, said she would give Sahil "a big kiss and cuddles" on his return.
Breaking News
7:37pm UK, Wednesday March 17, 2010
Five Held Over Boy Kidnap As Dad Flies Out
Graham Fitzgerald, Sky News Online
Five people are being held over the kidnap of the British boy Sahil Saeed in Pakistan as the five year old's father flies out to be reunited with him.
Two Pakistani men and a Romanian woman were arrested near Tarragona, in north east Spain, in connection with the case. They will appear in court on Thursday.
It is understood one of the men and the woman had returned from collecting a 110,000 ransom in Paris.
Police say two relatives of the suspects were detained by police in the French capital.
Spanish police kept the trio under surveillance and did not move until Sahil was freed unharmed by his abductors in Jhelum, Pakistan, on Tuesday.
Police found mobile phones in the flat where the three had been staying, which had been used to contact Saeed's father.
They also discovered 105,00 in cash 3,565 euros (3,200) and a computer bought with the remainder of the ransom.
I need to see him with my own eyes to believe it. The police are looking after him. We are just watching the news.
Akila Naqqash
Pakistani authorities had said an international gang of kidnappers were behind Sahil's abduction 12 days ago.
Police added the first phone calls demanding a ransom had been made from Spain, which investigators tracked down to near where three of the suspects were arrested.
The kidnappers had ordered Sahil's father, Raja Naqqash Saeed, to travel first to Manchester, then to Paris to hand over the ransom money.
Sahil, from Oldham, was on holiday with his father in the Punjab region when he was snatched by gunmen on March 5.
Akila Naqqash and picture of her son Sahil
Mum Akila with photo
He was found by locals wandering in a field in on Tuesday, alone but well, and handed over to Pakistani police.
Sky News understands he will return to the UK on Thursday evening. His father, who is 28, is flying to Pakistan to bring him back.
The youngster's return is being organised by the British High Commission in Islamabad.
Sahil's mother, Akila Naqqash, 31, spoke of her joy after hearing that her son was safe.
Speaking from the family home, she said: "I need to see him with my own eyes to believe it.
"The police are looking after him. We are just watching the news. We are not travelling out there."
Mrs Naqqash, who also has two daughters aged four and 21 months, said she would give Sahil "a big kiss and cuddles" on his return.
