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| Second tiger kidnapping in 24hrs | Second tiger kidnapping in 24hrs |
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| There has been another so-called tiger kidnapping in the greater Belfast area. | |
| Two men entered a house at March Street in the city's Shankill area at about 1600 GMT on Monday and forced a 19-year-old woman into the boot of a car. | Two men entered a house at March Street in the city's Shankill area at about 1600 GMT on Monday and forced a 19-year-old woman into the boot of a car. |
| They made her call a friend who worked at a garage on Grand Parade in east Belfast. | They made her call a friend who worked at a garage on Grand Parade in east Belfast. |
| The friend was asked to get the business's takings ready for collection by a woman who had also been in the house in March Street. Both refused. | The friend was asked to get the business's takings ready for collection by a woman who had also been in the house in March Street. Both refused. |
| The woman who had been kidnapped was later released unharmed in the Peter's Hill area of west Belfast. | The woman who had been kidnapped was later released unharmed in the Peter's Hill area of west Belfast. |
| Police are appealing for anyone who noticed a black car with tinted windows in the Woodvale or Shankill areas on Monday afternoon to contact them. | Police are appealing for anyone who noticed a black car with tinted windows in the Woodvale or Shankill areas on Monday afternoon to contact them. |
| They are also keen to speak to anyone who noticed such a car in the Peter's Hill area from 1730 GMT onwards. | They are also keen to speak to anyone who noticed such a car in the Peter's Hill area from 1730 GMT onwards. |
| Family | Family |
| Earlier on Monday, a family was held captive overnight in the Lisburn area. | Earlier on Monday, a family was held captive overnight in the Lisburn area. |
| At about 2100 GMT on Sunday two men, one of them armed with a handgun, entered their home. | At about 2100 GMT on Sunday two men, one of them armed with a handgun, entered their home. |
| They demanded that three children, one aged 15 and two aged eight-years-old, be put into their bedrooms. The parents were held in another part of the house. | They demanded that three children, one aged 15 and two aged eight-years-old, be put into their bedrooms. The parents were held in another part of the house. |
| At 0645 GMT on Monday, the father was forced to go to retail premises in Belfast city centre and hand over a sum of cash. | At 0645 GMT on Monday, the father was forced to go to retail premises in Belfast city centre and hand over a sum of cash. |
| The mother, father and three children were then freed. | The mother, father and three children were then freed. |