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kidnappers demand ransom in bitcoin to free teenager
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a criminal gang in south africa which kidnapped a teenage boy on sunday is demanding a ransom in bitcoin cryptocurrency of nearly 120000 dollars police said1 police spokesperson leonard hlathi said katlego marite 13 was dragged into a car while playing with two friends near his home in witbank a town in the eastern province of mpumalanga on sunday afternoon1 they demanded that the family should deposit a sum of 15 bitcoins not in rands he told news channel enca1 the parents dont even know what these bitcoins are. they are not dealing in those things. they are in tatters as we speak1