Overview

• The attempted abduction occurred on May 13, 2025, in Paris’s 11th arrondissement, targeting the 34-year-old daughter and 2-year-old grandson of Paymium’s CEO.
• Three masked individuals, armed with what was later identified as an airsoft pistol, attempted to force the victims into a counterfeit Chronopost-branded van.
• The husband intervened to protect his family, sustaining minor injuries during the confrontation, as bystanders eventually helped deter the attackers.
• The attackers fled the scene, abandoning the van a few streets away; all three victims were hospitalized with minor injuries.
• The Paris prosecutor’s office has assigned the Brigade de Répression du Banditisme (BRB) to lead the investigation into the attempted kidnapping.