Athens: A Pakistani youth was starved to death in Greece after being held to ransom by kidnappers for more than two months, media reported on Thursday.
According to reports the 17-year-old had been found dead by relatives in January on a street bench in west Athens following a tip-off from the kidnappers who had helped bring him to Greece in the first place.
Police said that the teenager had been held captive from October 2010 and malnourished to force his family to make a payment of 5,500 euros ($7,200).
“Even though the money was paid, the kidnappers demanded more,” report added.
The police arrested a 24-year-old Pakistani man who allegedly conducted the ransom negotiations as a suspect and are seeking another seven, the agency said.
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