Sernic parades six suspected kidnappers in Nampula
The Mozambican Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) on Thursday (20) paraded six suspected individuals for their involvement in a failed attempted kidnapping of a businessman last week in the northern town of Nampula.
According to the Chief of the Investigation and Instruction Department of SERNIC in Nampula, Manuel Arnaça, all the suspected are Mozambican nationals.
“The gang includes the owner of the car used in the attempted kidnapping, a mechanic, and four other individuals who own houses that would serve as captivity for their victims” Arnaça said.
One of the gang members, according to Arnaça, comes from Maputo and arrived in Nampula in August to join the group and prepare the ground for the kidnapping to take place on the 13th, which ended up in a complete failure.
“On the 13th of this month, we reported a criminal case of attempted kidnapping of a businessman and investigations carried out led to the arrest of six individuals, an owner of the vehicle, a mechanic found with the vehicle and owners of the residences that would serve as captivity”, explained the spokesman for SERNIC.
Arnaça also announced that SERNIC is yet to recover the weapon used in the attempted kidnapping, but “diligences are underway to locate and identify other members of the gang.”
The attempted kidnapping was the first case reported this year in Nampula.
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