A four-year-old boy is well after
Carabinieri police on Thursday successfully negotiated a
peaceful outcome after his father abducted him and barricaded
himself inside his home in Roncadelle, near Brescia.
The man, who is from Eastern Europe and is separated from the
boy's mother, had allegedly stripped the child from the arms of
a social worker in the nearby town of Rodengo Saiano on
Wednesday, then took him home and locked them both in.
There were reports that the man threatened the social worker
with a gun, possibly a fake one, following a decision to give
custody of the child to the mother.
The father opened up to the Carabinieri after a long telephone
conversation with his lawyer.
"The issue has been resolved," said Brescia Prosecutor Francesco
Prete at the scene.
"The child is well and the father regrets what he did.
"Technically it is a kidnapping and he will be arrested".
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