{"id":43366,"date":"2023-07-25T20:18:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T20:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/businessman-kidnapped-in-maputo-released-by-police"},"modified":"2023-07-25T20:24:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T20:24:09","slug":"businessman-kidnapped-in-maputo-released-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/businessman-kidnapped-in-maputo-released-by-police","title":{"rendered":"Businessman kidnapped in Maputo released by police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>A businessman kidnapped last Thursday in Maputo was released on Monday by the police, who arrested three men suspected of involvement in the case, a spokesman for the corporation told Lusa today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victim is with his family and apparently in good health, after being rescued by the police,\u201d said the spokesman for the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) in Maputo province, Henrique Mendes.<\/p>\n<p>Mendes added that the businessman was being held in a house located in Boane district, Maputo province.<\/p>\n<p>Three men were arrested in possession of a firearm and of the vehicle allegedly used to transport the victim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working to find out whether these individuals are involved in other criminal activities,\u201d said Henrique Mendes.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Mozambican police arrested two South African citizens on suspicion of involvement in an attempted kidnapping of a Mozambican businessman.<\/p>\n<p>The Mozambican prime minister, Adriano Maleiane, said in parliament in May that the agents who will work in the unit that will fight kidnappings that affect the country\u2019s main cities have already been selected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first phase, already completed\u201d, of the creation of the unit to combat kidnapping, \u201cconsisted of the selection of agents\u201d and the next stage will be the specialization of the personnel and will have the support of cooperation partners, he continued.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Maleiane said that since 2021, 28 cases of kidnapping have been registered in Mozambique, of which \u201c15 have been fully clarified\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. A businessman kidnapped last Thursday in Maputo was released on Monday by the police, who arrested three men suspected of involvement in the case, a spokesman for the corporation told Lusa today. \u201cThe victim is with his family and apparently in good health, after being rescued by the police,\u201d said the spokesman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":43365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-43366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Businessman kidnapped in Maputo released by police - 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