A teenage boy who was kidnapped for half-million dollar ransom after apparently being lured through Facebook, has been rescued by Karachi police.
Police shot dead four of the abductors during a raid in the gang's hideout, while a fifth abductor was arrested, reports the Daily Times.
Senior police officer Niaz Khoso said the kidnappers started chatting to their 13-year-old target, identified only as Mustafa, six months ago, and they enticed him to a meeting on Friday.
Mustafa, the son of a senior customs official, was whisked away to the town of Hub outside Karachi in Balochistan province, and his family received calls demanding Rs 50 million in ransom.
Police said they used mobile phone records to track the kidnappers to the hideout in Hub and rescued him.
Mustafa's mother made a tearful plea to parents to supervise their children's use of social media.
