Fans kidnap Palmeiras striker

Fans kidnap Palmeiras striker

SAO PAULO (Reuters): Kidnappers abducted Palmeiras striker
Paulo Nunes -- and freed him 10 minutes later because they
support the Brazilian club.

Shocked after discovering their mistake, the two captors
released Nunes unharmed on a Sao Paulo highway.

"They said they were Palmeirenses and wished it hadn't been
me, but unfortunately it was," Nunes was quoted as saying in
media reports.

Nunes said he had stopped his expensive sports utility vehicle
in a smart neighborhood to talk on his cell phone and became the
duo's third victim of the day.

"They tried to calm me down, but it's hard when you have a gun
pointed at your head," Nunes said.