The father of an eight-year-old girl, who was abducted in front of her primary school in Rylands, says he won’t return his daughter to scholar transport after the ordeal.
She was kidnapped on November 4 and police located her on Monday evening after tracing her to a shack in Khayelitsha.
The father, who was visibly relieved, spoke to TimesLIVE Video about his daughter’s return, saying the search and wait had been stressful.
“The 11 days which passed, every moment that passed was scary for us. Every moment we were worried about what was going on,” he said.
‘Every moment was scary for us,’ says father of kidnapped Cape Town schoolgirl
Says he is reluctant to allow his daughter to use scholar transport
The father of an eight-year-old girl, who was abducted in front of her primary school in Rylands, says he won’t return his daughter to scholar transport after the ordeal.
She was kidnapped on November 4 and police located her on Monday evening after tracing her to a shack in Khayelitsha.
The father, who was visibly relieved, spoke to TimesLIVE Video about his daughter’s return, saying the search and wait had been stressful.
“The 11 days which passed, every moment that passed was scary for us. Every moment we were worried about what was going on,” he said.
Ramzan Miya, Pakistan community leader and family spokesperson, said a ransom had been demanded before she was located.
He commended the community for putting pressure on the police to locate her.
Police said an “intelligence-led integrated operation” led them to find the girl. Several people were taken in for questioning.
Her kidnapping is the latest in a string of similar crimes that have taken place in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
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