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she was alive. The girl started to cry as soon as she heard her mom‘s voice, Erica said that she wasn‘t hurt, but she was so frightened, her voice was trembling.

The police was on duty at home and installed detective devices; senior police officers offered to organise an ambush and asked Special Forces, snipers with suitable armour for help. They were preparing a complicated operation to get the girl home. Erica‘s father and police officers collected marked money because if the operation failed kidnappers couldn‘t use that money. Police and her parents had an agreement to play for time.