16yr old kidnapped, beaten and left for dead in a shopping trolley by Paris vigilantes

These are the shocking pics of a Roma teenager who was beaten and left
for dead in a supermarket trolley. Vigilantes kidnapped the
16-year-old boy, known only as Darius, from the camp he shares with
his family near the northern commuter town of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine on
the outskirts of Paris.


The thugs rang the youngster's mother demanding a €12,000 ransom for
the safe return of her son. The figure was later reduced to €4,000,
but when it was not paid, the gang battered Darius before dumping him
in a shopping trolley before leaving it on the roadside. Continue...

Doctors in a Paris hospital have placed Darius in a medically induced
coma following Friday's brutal assault, which has left him fighting
for his life.

Police confirmed that Darius was set upon on Friday night by a 'dozen
masked men on waste ground around Pierrefitte,' according to a police
source.

The boy's mother has told detectives that she received a call from the
vigilantes on his abandoned mobile phone.

The shocking photographs first appeared on The Telegraph.

They were first alleged to have asked for around £12,000 before
reducing the demand to around £4,000, saying he would be hurt if the
ransom was not met.

Nothing was paid in the end, and Darius was left in the trolley close
to the illegal Roma camp in the northern suburb of Pierrefitte where
he lived, according to local prosecutor Sylvie Moisson.

Ms Moisson said Darius was held in a basement by men wearing masks and
carrying weapons after he was linked to a burglary.

Calling the attack 'an act of barbarism', she said the burglar's
description fitted that of Darius, who was 'quickly hunted, kidnapped,
held, beaten and left to die.'

It was his mother who reported the attack, and the victim was found
shortly after 11pm on Friday.

A spokesman for the Lariboisiere hospital in Paris said Darius was
still in a 'chemically induced coma' because of the pain he was
experiencing.

Source: UK Daily Mail