SKOPJE: Authorities in North Macedonia have filed criminal charges against three Pakistanis and a Macedonian man for allegedly imprisoning a group of migrants and holding them to ransom, officials said on Monday. They were allegedly detained for two weeks in October in a house in the country’s north. They also allegedly demanded money from their prisoners’ relatives in other European countries and threatened to kill the migrants when they asked to be freed. One migrant managed to contact relatives who reported the case to Serbian authorities, who in turn informed police in North Macedonia, the prosecutor’s office said. The Macedonian national, who owns the house where the migrants were allegedly being held, has also been charged and is under house arrest.

Source: Pakistan Today February 03, 2020 17:48 UTC