The main suspect in the kidnapping of Sahil Saeed, pictured with his mother, has been killed
12 April 2012
The main suspect in the Pakistan kidnapping of five-year-old British boy Sahil Saeed has been killed attempting to escape.
Police said Safeer, alias Safeera, was shot dead when two accomplices tried to free him from custody.
Police official Tariq Abbas said he died during a shootout when the two men tried to free him from a police van taking him to court in Gujarat city.
He said the accomplices were also killed in the gun battle.
Sahil, from Oldham, was snatched on March 4 from his grandparents' house in central Pakistan.
He was released 12 days later and is now safely back in England with his parents.
