Vehicle with schoolchildren hijacked

• Published date: 24 April 2024
• Author: Tara Isaacs tara.isaacs@acm.co.za
• Publication title: Tabletalk

Milnerton police spokesperson, Captain Nopaya Madyibi, said detectives are following the leads provided to them by the victim, the parents of the children, and the public

She said no arrests have been made, and she encouraged the public to come forward with any information.

The driver of the hijacked silver-grey Datsun Go spoke to Tabletalk on condition of remaining anonymous, fearing for his safety.

He said he was approached by two men who walked up to his window, and told him to get out of the vehicle, while waving a gun around but not pointing it directly at him.

He then got out and stepped away from the car, and the hijackers made off with the four children in the vehicle.

He said he was then informed via WhatsApp by a community leader who knows him and who was in the vicinity that the suspects dropped the children at the Milnerton taxi rank. He rushed to the rank and informed the children’s parents, he said.

A Phoenix community leader who would not be named, fearing victimisation, said...