When exactly he gets on the plane, Peter would rather not tell: “The Brazilian mafia might also be reading along and then I wouldn’t be sure of my life.” But he is certain that he will celebrate Christmas with his two daughters.
Since the kidnapping, more than two weeks ago, he has become a lot more anxious. “Those criminals did not get what they came for and may want to take revenge. That is why I go from hiding place to hiding place.”
Back to the kidnappingon November 18. When Kuin returns home after a visit to a café and three armed men arrest him, he initially thinks he is dealing with the police. “They had uniforms on and I asked if I could help.”
When he is then violently thrown to the ground, his throat choked and his arms cuffed with wire, he knows things are wrong: “I thought: ‘I’m screwed’.”
“Time’s Running Out”
More than fifteen years ago, Kuin left Wervershoof for the Brazilian village of Barra de Pojuca for love. There he earns his money as a painter and was busy starting up a quad company. Apparently a group of criminals thought, wrongly, that he had a lot of gold in a safe. The fact that the men were serious was evident from the violence they used.
For example, he gets a gun to his head, is kicked and punched and his arm is cut with a knife if he does not tell where the loot is hidden. His daughters are also called with the message that they must quickly transfer 25 thousand euros, otherwise their father will be murdered. They are sent a video of their father, bleeding profusely, with a gun to his head, looking anxiously into the camera. “Time is almost up,” the caption reads.
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