Promising footballer, 18, killed by kidnappers after family were unable to pay for ransom

A promising footballer has been killed after his family were unable to raise the necessary funds for his release after he was kidnapped by a group of armed extortionists View 2 Images Cheikh Toure has been killed

A promising young footballer has been murdered by kidnappers after his family were unable to pay for his ransom. ‌

Cheikh Toure, 18, was killed on Saturday, leaving Senegalese football in mourning . Toure's death was confirmed by the Ministry of African Integration and Foreign Affairs of Senegal after he was found in Ghana. ‌

Toure, according to local reports, had been kidnapped by a group of armed extortionists, who made him believe he was attending a trial to join a professional club . ‌

He was then taken as a hostage by the group, who demanded a ransom fr