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Media Statement
WESTERN CAPE – Meticulous investigation in pursuit of the whereabouts of a 57-year-old woman who was kidnapped by a group of masked men on 10 July 2024, led to the arrest of two men aged 23 and 49 by a multi-disciplinary team comprising Provincial Organised Crime’s Anti Kidnapping Team, Crime Scene Investigations (CSI), Operation Lockdown, Steenberg Visible Policing and detectives, Muizenberg Vispol as well as City of Cape Town Law Enforcement. Initial investigation suggest that a group of four masked men kidnapped the 57-year-old woman from her residence in St Montagu Village in Lavender Hill on 10 July 2024 at about 20:45 at gunpoint, during a power outage at her home. The assailants left in a silver coloured vehicle and the woman was not seen since then. A multi-disciplinary investigation team was established to probe the matter. Their persistence paid off when they followed up on clues and information which led to the arrest of a 23-year-old man on 18 August 2024 in connection with the kidnapping. The accused already appeared in the Wynberg Magistrates’ court on a charge of kidnapping on 20 August 2024. Further investigation led to the arrest of a 49-year-old suspect who was apprehended on Monday, 19 August 2024. The arrests of this suspect ultimately led to the discovery of the body of the kidnapped woman who was recovered from a sand grave in a deserted area behind the municipal landfill site in Muizenberg on the same day. The body had multiple stab wounds. Both accused are scheduled to appear in the Wynberg Magistrates’ court today, Wednesday, 21 August 2024 on charges of murder and kidnapping.
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