Man arrested after 'tiger' kidnapping

A bank worker’s wife was held hostage at gunpoint before being freed in rural Co Meath after being targeted in a 'tiger' kidnapping.

Man arrested after 'tiger' kidnapping
Fri, 28 May, 2010 - 15:23

A bank worker’s wife was held hostage at gunpoint before being freed in rural Co Meath after being targeted in a 'tiger' kidnapping.

An armed gang ordered her husband, an employee at the Ulster Bank in Kimmage, south-west Dublin, to go to his branch and take a sum of cash to secure her release.

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