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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>At least three of the five kidnap victims who were being held captive in Mozambique have returned home, the commander-in-chief of the Mozambican police announced yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince last week, three of the abduction victims have returned to their families, with just two remaining,\u201d Bernardino Rafael said during a visit to Palma, in Cabo Delgado province.<\/p>\n

In May, the commander-general said that five of the six people kidnapped in Mozambique in the first quarter of the year were still being held captive.<\/p>\n

Bernardino Rafael believes that the \u201cpressure that the police are exerting\u201d means the remaining victims will also soon return home, clarifying, however, that this is not a \u201cvictory\u201d, since the kidnappers may be planning fresh abductions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not a victory; there is still a great challenge ahead to prevent and combat kidnappings,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

Last Friday, police told Lusa that the 19-year-old daughter of a businessman from the city of Beira, central Mozambique, had already returned home after being kidnapped on May 19.<\/p>\n

The abduction had taken place during the day in a busy area, as the victim was buying food at street stalls next to the Catholic University of Mozambique, where she is a student, when strangers armed with a pistol abducted her in a car.<\/p>\n

In April, the son of a businessman in the commerce sector was kidnapped near his home close to the Presidency of the Republic in Maputo.<\/p>\n

Between February 7 and 12, two businessmen were kidnapped, also in the Mozambican capital. In both cases, the kidnappers were armed.<\/p>\n

In an assessment of crime presented earlier this month, Attorney General Beatriz Buchili said that kidnapping crimes had been increasing and that the criminal groups involved have cross-border connections with cells in countries such as South Africa.<\/p>\n

According to Beatriz Buchili, 14 criminal kidnappings were registered in 2021, against 18 in 2020, but there would be cases which escape official accounting.<\/p>\n

The attorney general also said that the \u201cabduction victims\u201d are \u201cconstantly blackmailed\u201d by their kidnappers after being released, aggravating their feeling of insecurity.<\/p>\n

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