Ukraine: Kidnapped Mozambican businessman has already been released and is at home – Lusa

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Ukraine: Kidnapped Mozambican businessman has already been released and is at home – Lusa

1:41 CAT | 11 Mar 2022

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Mozambican businessman Álvaro Simão Cossa, who had been kidnapped in Kyiv, “has already been released and is at home”, the victim’s brother Boaventura Simão Cossa told Lusa today.

“My brother’s son called to tell us that my brother has already been released and is at home,” Cossa said.

Boaventura Simão Cossa said that his brother is in good health, but said he had no further details on the circumstances of his abduction and release.

The abduction of Álvaro Simão Cossa, who works in the footwear industry and has been living in Ukraine for 30 years, w, was reported Wednesday by the counsellor of the Mozambican embassy in Germany, Julião Langa, speaking to public broadcaster Rádio Moçambique.

“It is with great sadness that we confirm the occurrence, and we also know that our embassy in Moscow has been in contact with the family of the compatriot to provide due support and solidarity,” Langa said.

Langa did not say where, when or how Alvaro Simao Cossa was kidnapped.

Read: Mozambican living in Ukraine still missing after suspected abduction – reports

The Mozambican government said on 2 February that 15 Mozambican students were studying in Ukraine but had left following the Russian military invasion.

Rádio Moçambique said that in addition to students, Ukraine also hosts other Mozambicans, whose number is unknown. The last update was made in 2014 when the African country closed its embassy in Kyiv.

Russia launched a military offensive in Ukraine in the early hours of 24 February that caused hundreds of deaths and injuries among the civilian population. According to the latest UN figures, it caused more than two million people to flee to neighbouring countries.

The international community condemned the Russian invasion in general, which responded by sending arms to Ukraine and strengthening economic sanctions against Moscow.

Source: Lusa