Kolkata, July 18: Poilce recovered Rosangela Freda, the mother of Brazil and Shakhtar Donetsk footballer Taison, who was kidnapped by an armed gang on Monday.
The incident took place in the midfielder's home city of Pelotas in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The kidnapping was caught at the house's CCTV footage.
Freda was collecting a bouquet of flowers at the gate of her home, when a car pulled up in front and three men stormed out of it with one of them holding a pistol.
The gang then chased the footballer's mother as she ran towards her home and afterwards she is dragged into the car which then speeded away.
Watch the moment the mother of Brazilian football star Taison is kidnapped at gunpoint
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