They were robbed of their phones 📱, and their vehicle 🚗was reportedly stripped. ECRNewsWath KZN
They teamed up with police after an elderly shop owner, his son and two workers were taken from the Gravel Road business premises on Thursday.
Shaheen Suleiman, who is with Magma Security & Investigations, says they were roped in by the family."They were robbed and pointed with firearms and they were kidnapped, and within hours after that a call of ransom was made to family to say that they want R1 million,” says Suleiman. She says hostage negotiators took over immediately and engaged with the suspects over a lengthy period.They were robbed of their phones, and their vehicle was reportedly stripped.Suleiman says while it was a traumatic ordeal for the victims and their families - they are relieved.
"It was a good feeling, especially when lives on the other side and you are in negotiations for lives. So you put everything into it, we were negotiating for one victim and we eventually got all four victims. So it was an awesome feeling."
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