Kidnappers from 13-year-old boy before the judge: “We have 5 million euros. For 500,000 euros you get one of his hands”

From tomorrow, eight men are on trial for assize in Tongeren. They all risk lifelong for their possible involvement in the kidnapping of a then 13-year-old boy in April 2020. Until they released him 42 days later, his parents went through hell. With every phone call from the perpetrators, they begged not to hurt their child. The kidnappers demanded 5 million euros ransom. “Don’t get off with 500,000 euros, we send a hand or a finger for that.” A reconstruction.

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