2 suspects in France freed in probe into kidnapping of British boy in Pakistan

2 freed in probe into kidnapping of British boy

PARIS — Paris police have freed two suspects detained in the probe into the kidnapping of a 5-year-old British boy in Pakistan.

A police official says the suspects, a father and son, were related to two people who collected the ransom paid for the boy in Paris, but were found to have no links to the crime. The official was not authorized to be named because of police policy.

The suspects were detained in the Paris suburb of Bobigny on Tuesday and released Wednesday.

Three other suspects, including those who collected the ransom, have been arrested in Spain.

The child, Sahil Saeed, was released Tuesday, almost two weeks after being abducted from his grandparents’ house in central Pakistan. He is expected to return to Britain later Thursday.