The kidnapping alert was triggered this Saturday morning at 5.45am: Hamza, 12, was kidnapped in Fouquières-lès-Lens, in Pas-de-Calais, Friday evening at 7.30pm. He is 1.50m tall, has a dark complexion, brown hair and black eyes, according to the description of the Ministry of the Interior. He is dressed in gray pajamas, a blue sweater and a black coat.
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His 40-year-old father is suspected of having kidnapped him and seeking to leave French national territory. He measures 1m73, weighs 110 kg, has a shaved head.
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According to the Ministry, he initially used a white Renault Twingo, which was found abandoned in Hénin-Beaumont, a few kilometers from the place of the kidnapping. The father is now likely to be driving in a dark station wagon.
According to information from the police-justice service of franceinfo, the father had come to visit his son, who is placed with a maternal assistant. The child jumped into his arms and they both left, without violence. Still according to our information, the facts occur in a context of divorce between the parents.
Kidnapping alert in progress in Pas-de-Calais. More information on https://t.co/bqgBIkWNF4 pic.twitter.com/F7L7jwSXbW
– Ministry of Justice (@justice_gouv) December 18, 2021
If you locate the child or suspect, do not intervene yourself. Call 197 or send an email to [email protected].