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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Italian stag party ‘kidnappers’ charged with causing public alarm

Police checkpoints were set up around Trofarello.
Police checkpoints were set up around Trofarello. Photograph: Supplied

A stag party in northern Italy ended with nine men being charged with “causing public alarm” after they pretended to be terrorists to stage a prank kidnapping of the groom.

Armed with pellet guns and wearing balaclavas and black helmets, the men, aged between 23 and 31, turned up at their friend’s home in Trofarello, a small town on the outskirts of Turin, gagged him and loaded him into the back of a van before speeding off.

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