7 Oct, 2016 @ 11:05
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Grandfather kidnaps his own family including six-month-old grandchild at gunpoint in southern Spain

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pistolllA SPANISH grandfather has been arrested in southern Spain for holding his entire family hostage at gunpoint.

The 38-year-old, from Almeria, kept his son, 18, daughter, 10, the son’s 15-year-old girlfriend and their young baby in his home against their will.

He was reportedly trying to get them to divulge the whereabouts of his estranged wife.

It is not known how long he kept the family hostage, but he used a loaded pistol to threaten them and would not let them leave the house at the same time.

Authorities were only made aware of the kidnapping when his daughter went to the local police station after escaping.

They raided the home and discovered a fully-operational handgun loaded with 60 rounds of ammunition.

The unnamed grandfather is awaiting trial.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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