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| Four police officers in Pakistan have been sacked over their handling of the kidnap of 5-year-old British boy. | |
| Sahil Saeed, from Oldham, was snatched by armed robbers on Wednesday while visiting relatives with his father. | |
| But the police did not initially respond to the family's emergency call to "Rescue 15", the Pakistani equivalent of 999. | |
| Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the incident was "humiliating" after visiting the family. | |
| Sahil was taken from his grandmother's home in the Punjab city of Jhelum as he prepared to take a taxi to the airport for his return flight to the UK. | Sahil was taken from his grandmother's home in the Punjab city of Jhelum as he prepared to take a taxi to the airport for his return flight to the UK. |
| The attackers are said to have demanded a £100,000 ransom for his return. | The attackers are said to have demanded a £100,000 ransom for his return. |
| 'Pray for him' | |
| On Saturday, Sahil's mother Akila Naqqas leaded for his safe return, saying she would forgive his son's captors if they released him. | |
| She also said Sahil had never been apart from either herself or her husband. | |
| "It's just a nightmare. I'm not sleeping at all," she said. "It's worse at night when I have no-one to comfort me. | |
| "All we can do is just pray for him." | |
| Local police have said they believe the kidnappers were tipped off by someone close to the family. | |
| It is understood several men, including a taxi driver, have been arrested in Pakistan. |