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Leonel Muchina, spokesman for the Police Command of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) in the city of Maputo, confirmed the kidnapping to the newspaper O País.
Leonel Muchina said authorities are investigating the case.
“We are associated with the National Criminal Investigation Service and the subsequent work is now underway,” said Leonel Muchina, without going into details on the event.
The victim was questioned by a gunman on his way to a barbershop working in an office and residential building in central Maputo after getting out of the vehicle driven by someone else.
The man forced the businessman to get into a car in which three people were armed.
“A vehicle arrived towards Avenida Salvador Allende and there were four occupants and one of them got out of the vehicle and forced you to get into the car. The driver of the kidnapped tried to resist, but the criminals threatened to shoot, ”a witness told the country.
The newspaper claims that the businessman is Ismael Harron and is linked to the Uzeir Trade Center group, based in Beira, capital of the Sofala province, central Mozambique.
Lusa was unable to get a police reaction to the news of the event.
The kidnapping takes place less than a week after the kidnapping, in the city of Matola, of the Portuguese Jéssica Pequeno, in the meantime released on Thursday
Jessica Pequeno, 27, was kidnapped on Monday and released Thursday night by the kidnappers, a source close to the family told Lusa.
Contacted by Lusa, a source from the National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic), he sent clarification on the case later.
The victim is the daughter of a couple who own the Burako da Velha restaurant, a family business owned by the Portuguese Dina Pequeno and Alberto Beto – where Jessica and her husband, Marco, a pastry chef, also work.
Since the beginning of 2020, the Mozambican authorities have recorded a total of 10 kidnappings, the victims of which are businessmen or their families.
In October, a group of businessmen from the city of Beira, Sofala province, central Mozambique, shut down their operations for three days to protest the wave of kidnappings in the country.
The Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA), the largest employers’ association in the country, has also called for a tough fight against this type of crime on several occasions and even the president of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, has already asked for further measures.
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