Police rescue kidnapped girl as suspects try to withdraw ransom money

[schumi]

Durban - Two people were arrested and an eight-year-old girl found at an Umhlanga Mall on Friday morning, 48 hours after she was kidnapped outside her school in KwaDukuza.

On Wednesday at about 2.30pm, the girl was abducted on the street outside her primary school in KwaDukuza.


A Facebook post on Durban Crime n All congratulating the SAPS members who found the girl, told how a task team of KwaDukuza FCS unit, Umhlali K9 Search & Rescue, KwaDukuza Task Team, KwaDukuza Detectives, KZN Hostage Negotiators, Ipss Medical Rescue and Hawks security worked round the clock to search for her.

"A ransom demand of R9 000 was received via sms, while negotiations continued throughout to Thursday without a breakthrough. On Friday members received a call from another cellphone number requesting the ransom demand.

More at : https://www.iol.co.za/ios/news/poli...uspects-try-to-withdraw-ransom-money-35901037

 

[CAPS LOCK]

Well done SAPS.

 

[maumau]

Excellent work SAPS.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Yea excellent work, but poor shoddy journalism for not making this more significant in the news. She was abducted on Wednesday??

 

[Milano]

Excellent team work by all involved. Looks like kidnappings are potentially set to become the new high growth sector of the SA economy.

 

[ForceFate]

Well done to all involved. Thank you.

They should've shot the cretins "by mistake" to cap their success.

 

[TheChamp]

Good job SAPS.

 

[ɹǝuuᴉM]

Excellent team work by all involved. Looks like kidnappings are potentially set to become the new high growth sector of the SA economy.

Sadly you are right

 

[Gordon_R]

Interesting story, but more questions than answers. I'm half-surprised that the police took this seriously, so there must have been strong circumstantial evidence. Don't expect a Hollywood version of this story: Kidnapping with a R9000 ransom seems like amateur hour, by really dumb criminals!?

 

[inanabhay]

most reporting is very shoddy.

if you are ever the subject of an article and you read the report, you'll question yourself as to what really happened

 

[Hemi300c]

Make an example of them and put a stop to this becoming more and more "fashionable"

 

[schumi]

Relieved but afraid: KZN mother speaks out about daughter’s kidnapping ordeal

Amahle Mthimkhulu was snatched by an unknown woman outside Dawnview Primary School in KwaDukuza last Wednesday.

The mother of KwaZulu-Natal girl Amahle Mthimkhulu, who was kidnapped last week, said she was relieved that her daughter was back at home but added that the 8-year-old was not coping after the traumatic incident.
“I was very relieved when she was returned to us last week, but my little girl is not doing the best at the moment,” mother Mbali Mzimela told News24 on Monday.
She said her daughter still felt the effects and trauma of the kidnapping.
News24 previously reported that Amahle had been snatched by an unknown woman outside Dawnview Primary School in KwaDukuza last Wednesday.

Colonel Thembeka Mbele said two people were arrested at Gateway Shopping Mall on Friday where the girl was found. They were believed to be withdrawing ransom money when police pounced.

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Relieved but afraid: KZN mother speaks out about daughter’s kidnapping ordeal

Amahle Mthimkhulu was snatched by an unknown woman outside Dawnview Primary School in KwaDukuza last Wednesday.

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