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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A six-year-old boy who was abducted in Kensington, Cape Town on Wednesday, has been returned to his family.<\/p>\n

Shanawaaz Asghar was returned to his family late on Thursday night, a day after six armed men snatched him while he was on his way to school and forced him into a silver VW Polo.<\/p>\n

Family spokesperson Dawood Esack said he was reunited with his family shortly after 23:00 on Thursday.<\/p>\n

He added that said the Grade R pupil was asleep on Friday morning, along with his two older siblings.<\/p>\n

Esack said the family was filled with gratitude and very emotional, but added that they had been asked not to disclose too many details about the incident at this stage.<\/p>\n

He said Asghar was “both mentally and physically fine”.<\/p>\n

Cops ‘refused’ to chase down armed men who snatched 6-year-old Shanawaaz Asghar, family claims<\/p>\n

Western Cape police spokesperson, Colonel Andr\u00e8 Traut, confirmed that the boy had been reunited with his family.<\/p>\n

He was unable to provide further details and said:<\/p>\n

Traut previously told News24 that police were looking for six people in connection with the crime.<\/p>\n

Kensington Community Policing Forum chairperson Cheslyn Steenberg said: “We can only thank the Almighty for the safe return of Shanawaaz. I would like to thank everyone involved in this regard; it is appreciated. Now we have more work to do. Communities must do more to help community policing, working with the law enforcement agencies, and not take a step back.”<\/p>\n

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