[Tolo News] A five-year old boy has been killed by his captors in northern Parwan province after he was kidnapped a week ago from Kabul province, local officials said Sunday.The boy, Arshad, was kidnapped from Pul-e-Khishti area of Kabul city by two kidnappers and was understood to have been taken to the Ofyan area of Parwan a week ago.
He was killed Saturday after his family did not pay the ransom money, provincial spokesperson Roshan Khalid told TOLOnews Sunday.
"The kidnappers have been jugged
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by the security forces, while they were mourning the boy in the area, and the police have started investigations," Khalid said.
"The kidnappers have confessed in the preliminary investigations about the kidnapping and the family of the boy has been informed," she added.
The murder happened the same day that a preliminary court in Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
sentenced to death two men for kidnapping and later killing the eight-year-old son of a Herat businessman more than two months ago.
The police had arrested 12 suspects, two of whom were found guilty of murder. The court also sentenced an accomplice to 20 years prison and five others received six to 16 years prison.
The defence attorney rejected the sentences and said that it is "unfair."
"Unfortunately, the preliminary court has completely ignored the justifications to my clients. We showed more documents that they were not involved in the murders and made the decision under pressure from popular demonstrations," said Ahmad Navid Ziaratjahi, the attorney.
The head of Herat's primary court Qazi Abdul Ghafar confirmed the sentences.
"We confirm the death sentences of those who were involved in the murder of the boy," he said.
Ali Sina, the eight-year-old boy who was kidnapped with assistance from his father's bodyguard late December last year, was killed by the kidnappers late January even though they received a ransom.
According to his father, the kidnappers had initially asked for $400,000 for his son's release, an amount which was negotiated down to $90,000. But the kidnappers killed and then buried Ali Sina to cover their tracks and conceal their identities.