Caught on camera: Daughter of crypto boss fights off Paris kidnappers
A video, authenticated by a source close to the case, shows a man and a woman walking with their son on Rue Pache in the eastern 11th arrondissement at 8am on Tuesday, Paris time.
A van, apparently bearing a fake Chronopost logo, then draws up and three hooded individuals attempt to force the mother and son into the vehicle. A source said that the man with them intervened and was beaten 'with blunt objects'.
The woman grabbed a handgun belonging to the attackers and threw it away. The source said the semi-automatic pistol, which was abandoned, turned out to be an Airsoft gun – a realistic-looking low-power replica.
The victims' screams eventually attracted passers-by and a resident threw a fire extinguisher at the masked men, who then fled in the vehicle.
The van was found a few hundred metres away on Rue Saint-Maur. The three victims were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The anti-crime unit of Paris' judicial police has been called in to investigate.
According to initial findings, the woman and her son are the daughter and grandson of Pierre Noizat, the chief executive and co-founder of Paymium, a French cryptocurrency exchange platform founded in 2011 that describes itself as a European pioneer in Bitcoin trading.
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