A child who was abducted from school was rescued by law enforcement officers after her mother paid a ransom.
Seven suspects, two women and five men, appeared in the Kriel Magistrate’s Court on Thursday facing charges of kidnapping a minor from a high school in Kriel on Monday.“It is alleged that on the day in question , four suspects – a woman and three men – visited a high school in Kriel. On arrival, the female suspect entered the school while her accomplices remained in the vehicle,” says Mpumalanga Hawks’ spokesperson Captain Dineo Sekgotodi.
“The girl got inside the vehicle and they drove away. They started making calls, demanding a ransom of R200 000.” She was given three bank accounts to deposit the money into via cash send. The money was withdrawn by the suspects.
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