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Thousands protest in Romania after police take 19 hours to tackle child kidnapping

Police chief sacked after reports emerge about plight of 15-year-old who was later murdered

Several thousand protesters rallied in Bucharest on Saturday after Romania’s police chief was fired amid an outcry over the police response to the murder of a 15-year-old girl.

The teen had made three emergency calls to report her own kidnapping and given clues to her whereabouts. Critics allege that officials failed to take the alert seriously and finally reacted too late to help save the girl, identified as Alexandra.

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