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.