The wife and daughter of a conveyor briefly taken hostage in the Ain – Liberation
A huge fear. The wife and the daughter of a fundraising conveyor, on whom strangers wanted to put pressure on to sing the driver, were taken hostage Thursday, April 17 in the Ain before being sagged healthy and saves. Rapstile occurred in Echenevex less than 5 km from the Swiss border. « It lasted less than two hours, the lady and the child are healthy » And nothing was finally stolen, said a police source, confirming RTL first information on this hostage taking.
While the fund conveyor had started his tour on the Swiss side, he was contacted by the kidnappers informing him that they had his wife and child, a little girl of a year and a half, according to the regional daily Progress. According to information from RTL, the kidnappers then ordered the fund conveyor not to change his habits so as not to alert his superiors, and asked him for information on his fundraising vehicle.
According to Progress, After this call, The conveyor would have alerted without delay the Swiss authorities, who would have put themselves in contact immediately with the French gendarmes. The rest was not revealed. The two hostages were found by a motorist by the road, in another commune in Ain, more than a hundred kilometers further according to the regional daily.
The investigation was entrusted to the Lyon judicial police, competent in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region for this type of banditry. At least three individuals are sought as part of this open investigation for « kidnapping and sequestration » and « attempted theft in an organized gang ».
