Kidnapping: Driver left behind; cops locate kids’ phones
The children's driver told police that according to his recollection, seven men were involved in the kidnapping.
UPDATE
POLOKWANE –Â The parents of the children who were kidnapped in the city earlier today are appealing to the public to assist in the search for them.
Nazim and Shakira Moti’s four sons are still being sought, according to the family lawyer Philip Smit.
Read more: Kidnapping: Moti-family appeals to the public to assist
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POLOKWANE – The kidnappers of the four children en route to school this morning left the driver behind after the incident.
The search for the children and their kidnappers is still on, with several law enforcement stakeholders and high-risk security units involved.
According to Westenburg station commander, Lt Col Maimele Pilusa, the 64-year-old driver related how the morning run to school turned into a nightmare.
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“The driver said he was transporting four boys from Nirvana to their school in Polokwane at around 07:00 when the drivers of a white Kia Sorento and a black Mercedes Benz blocked the BMW from the front and back on the Tzaneen bypass.”
It is alleged that seven men, all who were wearing white overalls, alighted from the vehicles and started firing shots at them, the driver told police.
“They then forced the four boys, aged six, 11, 13 and 15 out of the vehicle and put them in their Mercedes Benz and drove off in the direction of the R81. The driver was left on the scene with the vehicle.”
It was further established that the children’s phones had been found in the area of Flora Park, he added.
Pilusa said anyone with information regarding the incident can contact their nearest police station or Capt Rasedile on 082 565 8566.
