A missing Durban man is feared dead by his wife after he was abducted by armed hijackers.
|||Durban - A missing Durban man is feared dead by his wife after he was accosted and abducted by armed hijackers on Monday night in Mount Moriah, near Phoenix.
Dumisani Mdlalose returned to his home at about 8pm and was approached by three armed men who put a gun to his head and forced him back into his BMW 318i before speeding off with him.
His wife, who was in the passenger front seat, ran away from the men unharmed and called for help in the community.
Mdlalose’s neighbour, Panuel Zondi, said the father of a three-year-old boy had parked in his driveway and was opening the gate when three armed men approached him at gunpoint.
“There were three armed men, they forced him back into his car and his wife managed to escape.
“They did not give chase to her, she ran away into the community and asked for help from neighbours, but it was too late, they were gone,” he said.
Zondi said Mdlalose’s wife was visiting hospital mortuaries around Phoenix searching for her husband on Tuesday morning.
“It’s a very difficult situation because we do not know whether he is alive or not. Some neighbours and friends of the family are assisting Mrs Mdlalose by taking her to the hospitals to search for him.
“But there’s a lot of concern because we do not know whether it was a opportunistic hijacking or if they had been sent by someone,” he said.
Asked if hijackings were frequent in Mount Moriah, Zondi said they were not, but cars were often broken into. “It’s very strange, in an area like this I can say this is very unusual,” he said.
Zondi said no shots were fired and the missing BMW was black with tinted windows and a Lesotho number plate.
He was not aware if a tracker had been installed in the vehicle.
Police spokesman Captain Thulani Zwane confirmed a case of hijacking and kidnapping was being investigated by the Phoenix SAPS.
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