A 17-year-old girl snatched by men in a white bakkie while on her way to school in Grassy Park, managed to escape unharmed.
|||Cape Town - A 17-year-old girl snatched by men in a white bakkie while on her way to school in Grassy Park on Monday, managed to escape unharmed.
The Plumstead High pupil was grabbed in Williams Avenue and forced into the back of the bakkie from where she called her mother on her cellphone, and told her that she was being kidnapped. Her mother called the police.
Provincial police spokesman FC van Wyk said a helicopter search had been launched, but the bakkie was not spotted.
A few hours later, Grassy Park police received a call from Cape Town’s central police station, saying the girl was there.
On Monday the girl, who cannot be identified due to her age, told Die Burger about her ordeal. However, the family has since asked for privacy, said Plumstead High’s principal Craig George.
“We are very glad to hear that she is safe, but we are also in the dark as to what happened. The pupil is not at school today, (she is) recovering from the ordeal at home.
“I have spoken to her parents, but they do not want to sensationalise this and have asked not to be bothered by the media,” George said.
Die Burger quoted the girl as saying that she was attacked from behind, suffocated and thrown into the back of a bakkie. A while later, after struggling in the back of the bakkie, she was made to sit between the two men in the front of the car.
From there she caught the attention of two passers-by, who pulled the kidnappers from the car and assaulted them. The girl escaped and the kidnappers drove away. Police confirmed this morning that no arrests have been made.
Grassy Park Community Police Forum chairman Philip Bam warned parents to ensure safe travelling plans were made for their children.
Earlier this year, another girl from Grassy Park was kidnapped and raped by three men.
Cape Argus
