{"id":52627,"date":"2023-12-22T19:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T19:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/three-detained-after-portuguese-mozambican-woman-rescued-from-captivity-in-maputo"},"modified":"2023-12-22T20:32:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T20:32:59","slug":"three-detained-after-portuguese-mozambican-woman-rescued-from-captivity-in-maputo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/three-detained-after-portuguese-mozambican-woman-rescued-from-captivity-in-maputo","title":{"rendered":"Three detained after Portuguese-Mozambican woman rescued from captivity in Maputo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambican police on Thursday morning arrested three people involved in the kidnapping of a 26-year-old Portuguese-Mozambican woman held in captivity for 50 days, and are looking for a fourth element considered a key player in this and other cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have information about another individual who is key to clarifying this kidnapping case. We are working on it and believe that any moment can bring results,\u201d National Security Service spokesperson Hila\u0301rio Lole told journalists yesterday.<\/p>\n

The victim was kidnapped outside her house in the centre of Maputo on November 1st by three armed men, with the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MNE) having previously confirmed that it was monitoring the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis operation was not a paid ransom, but rather a rescue thanks to Sernic, in collaboration with other forces (…) There was no need to pay an amount to rescue this victim,\u201d Lole added.<\/p>\n

The victim was rescued from a residence in Bairro Liberdade in Matola, on the outskirts of Maputo, with two guards who had allegedly been watching her since November 1st arrested at the scene.<\/p>\n

Hila\u0301rio Lole clarified to journalists that information received had led to the identification of her place of captivity, and the force went ahead with the rescue operation in the early morning .<\/p>\n

\u201cShe will be taken to medical care to assess her current state of health in depth. It was also possible to neutralize a total of two individuals on site. Subsequent steps saw the neutralisation of an third member of the gang,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

According to Sernic, efforts are still underway to try to identify further members of the gang, which is suspected of being behind other kidnappings in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the cases are perpetrated by the same individuals, so we believe that these steps will give us information about other kidnapped victims still held captive,\u201d he also said.<\/p>\n

Two victim still in captivity<\/b><\/p>\n

According to Sernic, there have already been six cases of kidnapping in Maputo, \u201cwhich were executed\u201d, and another five attempts, frustrated due to the intervention of the police or the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, we have two victims still in captivity,\u201d Lole concluded.<\/p>\n

Maputo has for a few months now been experiencing a new wave of kidnappings, especially of businesspeople, with two Portuguese-Mozambicans targeted since November and suspicions of the involvement of agents linked to the police investigation in this type of crime.<\/p>\n

The President of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, acknowledged in parliament Wednesday that, despite improvements in the fight against crime, concern about kidnapping remained.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite these advances, cases of kidnapping continue to worry us, even with a reduction in six, compared to 12 cases registered in the same period of 2022,\u201d the head of state said in his annual state-of-the-nation speech in the Assembly of the Republic.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, of these cases, four linked to the crime of kidnapping were clarified, 31 individuals were arrested, the same ones involved in previous kidnappings, and a principal was also arrested in the Republic of South Africa, within the scope of judicial cooperation between the authorities of the two countries,\u201d President Nyusi added.<\/p>\n

The Confederation of Economic Associations (CTA), the largest employers\u2019 association in the country, defended at the beginning of November, in the face of this new wave of cases, \u201cmore severe\u201d prison sentences against kidnappers and without the possibility of paying bail to stop these crimes.<\/p>\n

Almost 400 people signed an online petition in the first 24 hours calling for the \u201cunconditional\u201d release of Mozambican and Portuguese-Mozambican kidnap victims held in Mozambique, and against the wave of kidnappings in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cKidnapping is a heinous crime that has ravaged Mozambican society for several years. It is urgent for Mozambican society to rise up against what is happening in the country,\u201d the online petition \u201cAgainst kidnappings in Mozambique\u201d created on Tuesday reads.<\/p>\n

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