The setting and the facts are worthy of a horror film. According to our information, a man was kidnapped in Paris this Tuesday before being transported to Val-d'Oise where he was kidnapped, tortured and mutilated by four people, possibly due to a money debt. The investigations were entrusted to investigators from the 1st judicial police district (DPJ). For the moment, the Pontoise public prosecutor's office has not responded to our requests.
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The affair begins this Tuesday afternoon in the heart of the capital. The victim was then in the Châtelet-les-Halles (Ist) area when four men allegedly forced him into their vehicle. They then head towards the north of Paris. At the end of the journey, the criminals stopped in Garges-lès-Gonesse (Val-d'Oise) in an abandoned building where they prepared to inflict the worst abuse on their hostage.
A ransom demand remained in vain
Burns on the arms and legs, cuts on the hands, numerous wounds on the skull... And the height of horror: a severed finger. According to a police source, a debt of 10,000 euros, contracted in a case of trafficking in fake driving licenses, could be at the origin of the dispute between the victim and the criminals. The latter would also have contacted his relatives to ask for a ransom. In vain.
It was at the end of the afternoon that they finally released their victim after having relieved him of his bank card, his keys, his telephone and identity documents. And drop him off, half naked, near the Garges-lès-Gonesse station. Around 7:30 p.m., he was picked up at the police station located at Gare du Nord (10th arrondissement). In the process, he was taken by the Samu to the Saint-Antoine hospital (12th century) without his vital prognosis being compromised.