The owner of the fuel pumps in Praça da Organização da Mulher Moçambicana (OMM) escaped an attempted kidnapping on Friday night in the city of Maputo. According to some reports we have had access to, including STV, the act was carried out by a South African individual who questioned the businessman inside the...
The spokesman for the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM), Leonel Muchina, confirmed the kidnapping of businessman Muhammad Mayet, aged 45 and of Asian origin, this morning in Maputo city center. He said that the PRM estimates that the citizen was kidnapped by six individuals according to the information gathered...
An unknown number of people kidnapped businessman Muhammad Mayet, owner of Shelyns stationery store, this morning on Avenida Ho Chi Min in Maputo city, as he was on his way to work. Witnesses heard by TV Sucesso confirmed that the kidnapping took place at around 7am, in an area that is always...
The National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) confirms that the five citizens arrested on Tuesday, inside and outside the CMondego building, on Av. para as Palmas, in the Costa do Sol district of Maputo city, intended to kidnap a Portuguese businessman. SERNIC obstructed the attempt. MZNews was at the scene and reported the first...
The National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) has arrested a man suspected of taking part in the armed robbery of an Indian businessman outside a bank branch last month in the city of Tete. At the time of the events, the robbers had allegedly taken more than a million meticais. The 39-year-old...
A businessman from Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique, was forced to pay 150,000 meticais in order to continue his journey to Quissanga, when he was intercepted by a group of terrorists last Friday. "One of our businessmen was transporting his goods to Quissanga. With the situation on the road, the car got stuck and he asked for help at...
Another businessman was kidnapped this morning (11.02) in Maputo city. The incident took place along Avenida Amílcar Cabral, near the barracks in the military zone. This is the second kidnapping this year to take place in broad daylight. Witnesses heard by TV Miramar said that a car parked near...
Two individuals who were allegedly involved in the kidnapping of a businessman two weeks ago in the city of Maputo have been arrested. During the presentation of those indicted for kidnapping crimes this morning, the National Criminal Investigation Service, SERNIC, said there was evidence that one of them was involved in the kidnapping of the businessman and also...
Businessman and owner of Armazéns Atlântico Comercial, Mohammad Hussein Cálu, has just been kidnapped. The kidnapping took place this morning at around 7.28am on Ho Chi Min Avenue in Maputo City. It all happened when the businessman, who was supposedly leaving his home behind, stopped his car for a few seconds...
Salim Laher, a businessman from Casa Paris, escaped an attempted kidnapping on Avenida 24 de Julho in Maputo city. Witnesses say that the attempt took place at around 7pm when a group of individuals, armed with firearms, intercepted the victim on the central road divider, dragging him into a...