Hijackers hold hostages in Lenasia X10

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9 Mozambicans (6 of them women) were arrested on charges of kidnapping in Lenasia X10 on the morning of 20/12/2012, on Morava Street. Their arrests came after a man who they had held captive managed to escape and alerted residents, who called the police.

A 39-year-old man from Germiston told police he was at a car dealer in De Deur last Thursday when he was approached by two armed men. He was held at gunpoint, bundled into a vehicle, blindfolded and taken to a house in Lenasia where he was locked inside a garage. The kidnappers began making demands for a ransom of R45,000 from the man's family shortly afterwards. His family opened a case of kidnapping at the Germiston police station on Sunday.

The man managed to escape through the roof this morning and sought help from the neighbours, who alerted police. 9 people were later arrested at the house where he was being kept. They were expected to appear in the Lenasia Magistrate's Court soon to face a charge of kidnapping. Source: IOL. [11]

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