Teen due in court for role in tiger kidnapping

A 16-year-old boy arrested in connection with a tiger kidnapping in which the son of a Limerick sub-postmistress was abducted at gunpoint is due before Limerick District Court this morning.

The boy’s period of detention was extended yesterday. He was being held under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.

A family that runs one of the busiest sub-post offices in the Mid-West was targeted by a gang on Sunday night.