Aug 28

Taxi passengers rescue Free State woman, granddaughter in alleged kidnapping

South Africa’s Free State police arrested a man for allegedly kidnapping a 62-year-old woman and her 9-year-old granddaughter in Arlington. This Saturday incident occured after taxi passengers came to their rescue. According to News24, the suspect and an accomplice allegedly asked the woman to take them to a hiking spot on the Arlington-Lindley road at about 2pm. The woman, who knew the suspected accomplice, agreed and drove them to the hiking spot in her Mercedes Benz. Her granddaughter was also in the car. Spokesperson Warrant Officer Mmako Mophiring, says the suspects became aggressive towards the woman when they arrived at the hiking spot, and ordered her to take them to Senekal. She refused.