Kidnapped for ransom
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ.
Itโs a terrifying ordeal: foreign nationals are abducted, tied up, and tortured. Then, unrealistic ransoms demanded by their armed captors - brazen criminals preying on foreign businessmen in the Eastern Cape. Itโs the MO at the centre of a new but increasingly common crime. Claire Mawisa travelled to Mthatha to investigate.