Times Of Swaziland: BUSINESSWOMAN KIDNAPPED,  TAKEN TO ATM, CASH WITHDRAWN

BUSINESSWOMAN KIDNAPPED,  TAKEN TO ATM, CASH WITHDRAWN
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 BY KHULEKANI NENE on 08/09/2017 01:25:00


SITEKI – Armed men kidnapped a businesswoman from her home and forcefully
drove her to a nearby ATM, where they coerced her to disclose her private
banking details so that they could withdraw money from her account.
Police said the incident took place just after midnight on Monday, near Mpaka
Shopping Complex. The businesswoman’s name and other particulars were not
immediately ascertained but it was gathered that she sells clothes and runs a
small tavern.
According to the police, the men only managed to withdraw E3 000 from the
businesswoman’s account and could have withdrew more had it not been for that
her daily limit on card withdrawals does not exceed E3 000.
Information gathered is that the businesswoman was asleep at her homestead at
KaShoba, a rural community situated around Mpolonjeni in Siteki, when three
armed men broke into her house.
The men reportedly tied the businesswoman and assaulted her and further demanded
money and other valuables.
“It appears the men had all the time in the world as they also prepared meals
and sat down and ate before dragging the businesswoman out of the house,”
alleged a source close to the investigation.
According to the source, after dragging the businesswoman out of the house, they
bundled her into a vehicle before driving her all the way from KaShoba to Mpaka
Shopping complex, about 20 kilometres away.
At the shopping complex, the armed men parked at a distance and one of them
alighted from the vehicle and went straight to the ATM while carrying the
businesswoman’s bank card, said the source.