ISIS kidnap three-year-old boy and hold him hostage for two years because his father named him Messi after his footballer hero

Five-year-old Messi was named after the Argentina and Barcelona superstarHe was captured along with his mother and sister from Sinjar, Iraq, in 2014ISIS fanatics then ordered the family to change the ‘infidel’ name to HassanMessi has since been rescued and is living in a refugee camp in Dohuk, Iraq 

A boy aged just three was kidnapped by ISIS who held him captive for two years because his father had named him Messi after his footballer hero, it has emerged.

The Kurdish Yazidi child, now five, was seized by the terror group along with his mother and sister from their home in Sinjar, northern Iraq in 2014.

While in captivity, ISIS extremists targeted the family with ransom demands – even though they had no money. 

An Iraqi boy named Messi (pictured) by his Barcelona fanatic father was ordered by ISIS to change his ‘infidel’ name to Hassan, it has emerged

The five-year-old Kurdish Yazidi child was kidnapped by the terror group along with his mother and sister from their home in Sinjar, northern Iraq in 2014

ISIS order a young boy called Messi to change his name

Messi has since been rescued and is living at a refugee camp in Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan. 

His father told Kurdistan 24 that enraged fanatics had ordered his wife to change Messi’s ‘infidel’ name to Hassan.

The trauma of years in captivity has taken its toll on the youngster, who reportedly barely speaks and now brandishes a toy gun where once he preferred playing football.