{
  "id": 9939186,
  "title": "Tourist kidnapped in Mallorca after being mistaken for someone else",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/tourist-kidnapped-in-mallorca-after-being-mistaken-for-someone-else",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T08:06:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euro Weekly News",
    "slug": "euro-weekly-news",
    "url": "https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/26/tourist-kidnapped-in-mallorca-after-being-mistaken-for-someone-else/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A tourist visiting Mallorca to see a friend was kidnapped, beaten, and thrown from a moving van after attackers mistook him for someone else. The incident occurred in Palma on Tuesday, September 22. Police later discovered that the visitor had become entangled in a dispute involving his friend. Two of the three men arrested have been remanded in prison, while the third has been released. The victim, who had come to Mallorca specifically to visit his friend, was found tied up on the s’Aranjassa road in Palma. The attackers threatened to do the same to his friend, who normally lived at the property. Police identified a man who worked at the property as one of the suspects and arrested him along with two others. The investigation revealed that the property owner may have hired the suspects to remove the property's usual occupant or resolve an economic dispute. The attack was likely intended as a warning to the man the attackers had originally wanted to target. All three suspects face charges of unlawful detention, injuries, and threats.",
  "summary": "A tourist visiting a friend in Mallorca was kidnapped, beaten and thrown from a moving van after attackers allegedly mistook […]",
  "key_points": [
    "Tourist kidnapped in Palma, mistaken for someone else",
    "Attackers beat and throw victim from moving van",
    "Two suspects arrested, one released, investigation ongoing"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}