Neil El Aynaoui kidnapped: Night of horror for the Moroccan international in Rome

Around three o’clock in the morning, a commando of six hooded men, dressed in black and armed, entered the residence after forcing the gate of a window. Woken up first, the player who arrived from Lens this summer was violently forced to kneel under threat.

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According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the criminals then locked the midfielder, his mother, his partner, as well as his brother and sister-in-law in a room. The robbers seized a haul including a Rolex watch, branded bags and about 10,000 euros worth of jewelry.

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Still deeply shocked, the player immediately alerted his club and will miss training in Trigoria before Thursday’s match against Bologna. The police are investigating this attack, which adds to the long series of robberies regularly targeting footballers in the Italian capital.