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10:28 CAT | 03 May 2022
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A 20-year-old man was kidnapped in central Maputo on Friday, police have announced – the Mozambican capital’s second crime of that type in a week.
The kidnapping took place at about 10 p.m., between Ho Chi Min and Filipe Samuel Magaia avenues.
The victim, a man of Mozambican nationality with Indian roots, was taken from his car at gunpoint and driven away in another car, said a police spokesman quoted by STV television.
This was the second abduction in the same week in central Maputo.
On Tuesday, the son of a businessman in the commercial sector was kidnapped near his house close to the Presidency of the Mozambican Republic.
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The Attorney General of the Republic last week accused “some” police officers, investigators, lawyers and magistrates of involvement in the kidnappings.
Attorney-General Beatriz Buchili was speaking in parliament on Thursday, where she said that kidnappings have been on the rise, and that the criminal groups involved have cross-border connections, maintaining cells in countries such as South Africa.
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The Attorney General had also told Parliament on Wednesday that, even after their release, victims are “constantly blackmailed” to pay sums of money to maintain their freedom.
Source: Lusa / Miramar
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