Leonel Muchina, spokesman for the Police Command of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) in the city of Maputo, confirmed the abduction to the daily O País.
Leonel Muchina said the authorities are on the ground investigating the case.
“We have joined the National Criminal Investigation Service and subsequent work is now underway,” said Leonel Muchina, without going into details about the occurrence.
The victim was questioned by an armed man, when he was going to a barber shop that works in an office and housing building in the center of Maputo, after getting out of the vehicle that was being driven by someone else.
The man forced the businessman to get into a car in which three people were armed.
“A car came towards Avenida Salvador Allende and four occupants were in it and one of them got out of the car and forced you to get in the car. The driver of the kidnapped man tried to resist, but the criminals threatened to shoot, ”said a witness to the country.
The newspaper said that the businessman is Ismael Harron and is linked to the Uzeir Trade Center group, headquartered in Beira, capital of Sofala province, central Mozambique.
Lusa was unable to get a reaction from the police to the news about the event.
The kidnapping takes place less than a week after the kidnapping, in the city of Matola, of the Portuguese Jéssica Pequeno, meanwhile released on Thursday
Jessica Pequeno, 27, was abducted on Monday and released by the kidnappers on Thursday night, a source close to the family told Lusa.
Contacted by Lusa, a source from the National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic), sent clarifications on the case to later.
The victim is the daughter of a couple who own the restaurant Burako da Velha, a family business owned by the Portuguese Dina Pequeno and Alberto Beto – where Jessica and her husband Marco, pastry chef, also work.
Since the beginning of 2020, Mozambican authorities have registered a total of 10 abductions, the victims of which are businessmen or their families.
In October, a group of businessmen in the city of Beira, Sofala province, central Mozambique, stopped their activities for three days in protest against the wave of abductions in the country.
The Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA), the largest employer association in the country, has also demanded on several occasions a severe fight against this type of crime and even the Mozambican President, Filipe Nyusi, has already called for more measures.
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