Two Mozambicans kidnapped, their fingers amputated in South African territory – PRM

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Two Mozambicans kidnapped, their fingers amputated in South African territory – PRM

5:26 CAT | 28 Aug 2023

Image: Social Media

A gang has kidnapped and amputated the fingers of at least two people, demanding money from the victims’ families through videos filmed in the forests of the border region between Mozambique and South Africa, said a police source.

“The case occurred in South African territory and the victims are Mozambicans,” Carminea Leite, spokesman for the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) in Maputo province, told Lusa.

In the videos, which circulate on social networks, the kidnappers force their victims (a man and a woman), already with some fingers cut off, to beg for money in a message addressed to their relatives, while threatening them with a machete to the face.

Although without providing further details, the PRM indicated that the victims have been released and arrived in Mozambique on Friday, one of them having been taken to the hospital by the authorities.

“We are in contact with the South African part that is investigating the case and, on our side, what we did was receive the victims. We also registered the occurrence and took one of them to the hospital”, concluded Carmínia Leite.

Due to its economic stability, at a regional level, South Africa is one of the countries that receives the most immigrants from various African regions, but mainly from neighbouring states, including Mozambique.

South Africa is home to more than two million Mozambicans who work in mines, agricultural fields and informal trade, according to the most recent data provided by the authorities.

Source: Lusa