Noordwyk father and son survive hijacking, kidnap nightmare after son returned from school
" What was meant to be a simple collect-and-drop-off for a Noordwyk father turned into a kidnapping nightmare. source: journalist Keba Mothoagae, The Noordwyk man had just arrived to drop off his son at their Ash Road residence when a gunman confronted the two in their vehicle. "The suspected ordered them out of the vehicle before instructing the father and his son to get into the car's boot," said Midrand police spokesman Constable Matome Tlamela. "He asked the man for his car key to open the boot, which somehow did not open. He told the two to get into the back seat, with the son pleading to sit next to his father." Tlamela said anothr suspect appeared nearby and jumped into the front passenger seat, before the men drove off with their hostages, threatening death if they did not cooperate. "The driver dropped off father and son and placed under the watch of his accomplice at a house in Hampton Road, Glen Austin, and drove off in the hijacked vehicle, a silver Chevrolet SS Lumina. They had enquired about its tracking device. Not long after, the driver is said to have returned to where the hostages were being held, before picking up his accomplice and fleeing. The vehicle, along with a cellphone, iPod and bank cards were stolen. Police are investigating the matter.
The original plan was good. The gunman ordered the father and son out of their car with intentions of locking them in the trunk (boot). This would ensure that neither of the two victims would have time to study the gunman to be able to identify him later. It would also ensure that that the two would not in anyway be able to interfere with the armed robbers.
