A group of three armed men kidnapped a 26-year-old woman this Wednesday morning as she left her home in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, a police spokesman told Lusa.
The woman, a Mozambican of Indian origin, was abducted at about 7:50 a.m. (5:50 a.m. in Lisbon) as she left her home to go to the gym on Rua Valentim City, said Lionel Muchina, a spokesman for the Republic’s police. Mozambique (PRM) in the city of Maputo.
“We conducted an on-site assessment and found that the family has no business history,” said a spokesman for the group of people who were mostly victims of kidnappings.
Lionel Muchina said police forces, including the National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernik), were working together to clear up the case, saying there was “a lot of evidence” regarding the kidnapping.
Some cities in Mozambique, mainly provincial capitals, have been hit again by a wave of kidnappings since 2020, mainly targeting businessmen or their families.
Mozambican Prime Minister Adriano Maleian said in parliament in May that agents had already been selected to work in the unit to combat kidnappings affecting the country’s main cities.
“The first stage, already completed,” of creating an anti-kidnapping unit “consisted of selecting agents,” and the next stage will be the specialization of personnel and the support of cooperation partners, he continued.
Then Maleyan said that since 2021, 28 cases of kidnapping have been registered in Mozambique, of which “15 have been fully clarified.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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