Three suspects held, child rescued

Abbottabad Police Saturday claimed to have recovered an abducted child and held three suspects in what they said in a carefully choreographed operation.

According to a spokesperson for the police, the police also seized a vehicle used in the crime and recovered weapons and ammunition.

He said the 11-year-old abductee named Ammar was kidnapped by unknown suspects from near Nayan Umar Mosque within the limits of Cantt Police Station at around 10pm on Friday.

The police successfully traced the kidnappers overnight by using modern technology and conducted a raid in the Sheikh Albandi area. The suspects opened gunfire on the police party at first glance but the police personnel managed to arrested the kidnappers.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 14^th, 2023.