Randfontein – Police have shot useless two suspects and arrested three others in the course of the rescue of a 60-year-old businessman kidnapped greater than a month in the past.
The businessman was kidnapped on 29 May 2025 in Lenasia.
The kidnappers had been demanding a ransom of R15 million from the businessman’s household.
Narrating occasions resulting in the dramatic rescue, South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe mentioned the anti-kidnapping job crew, performing on a tip-off, swooped on a home in Randfontein, Gauteng.
The police operation to free the kidnapped businessman was carried out on Thursday afternoon, at about 15:15, Brigadier Mathe mentioned.
“Police pounced on a home in Randfontein this afternoon the place a shootout ensued,” Brigadier Mathe mentioned.
“Two suspects have been fatally wounded in the home whereas three suspects have been arrested.”
The businessman was rescued and has been reunited together with his household.
Brigadier Mathe mentioned between January and March this yr, there have been 144 kidnappings reported in Gauteng.
In the previous two years, greater than 170 kidnappers have been arrested in Gauteng and different provinces.
Last month, a Mozambican kidnapping kingpin was shot useless in Fourways throughout a tracing operation of a kidnapped Pakistani businessman.
Police items concerned on this operation embrace crime intelligence, organised crime, K9 JMPD, Gauteng Flying Squad, Gauteng Highway Patrol, and personal safety.
