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Mother of Brazil World Cup Footballer Taison Released After Armed Kidnapping

Rosangela Freda, the mother of Brazil and Shakhtar Donetsk footballer Taison, has been released after she was kidnapped by an armed gang on Monday.

As reported by Dom Phillips of The Guardian, she was abducted from her home in Brazil after being lured to the security gates by a man posing as a delivery driver with some flowers, before being taken away in a car to a hideout in Monte Bonito.

Police were able to discover the place Freda was being held after the vehicle was spotted, prompting one man to flee; four were then arrested at the scene.