15-yr-old held captive, tortured by 4 fellow minors

(ANSA) - Milan, November 20 - A 15-year-old boy was reportedly held captive by a group of four fellow minors in a garage in northern Italy recently and tortured for hours. The boy's parents, who reside in Varese, reported the attack to police, according to the La Prealpina newspaper. The victim was reportedly tied to a chair with electric cables, beaten on his feet with a metal bar and threatened with a club spiked with nails and a knife to the throat. The gang were allegedly trying to get the victim to give information about a friend of his who they were looking for.