{"id":301094,"date":"2017-03-12T08:30:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T08:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=301094"},"modified":"2017-03-12T08:30:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T08:30:33","slug":"south-african-baby-girl-abducted-in-durban-found-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/south-african-baby-girl-abducted-in-durban-found-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"South African baby girl abducted in Durban found alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A one-month-old girl abducted in an apparent car-jacking in the South African city of Durban on Friday has been found safe and well.<\/p>\n<p>Police stopped a vehicle between Durban and Pietermaritzburg at about midnight on Saturday and found Siwaphiwe Mbambo inside. Three people were detained.<\/p>\n<p>Two suspects had allegedly car-jacked the mother&#8217;s vehicle outside a shopping centre, driving off with the baby.<\/p>\n<p>The abduction sparked a huge media campaign and a search by 100 officers.<\/p>\n<p>Police had recovered the mother&#8217;s abandoned Toyota Yaris in Montclair, southern Durban, at about 15:00 local time (13:00 GMT) on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>But a spokesman for South African Marshall Security, Kyle van Reenen, said that the infant&#8217;s baby seat had been removed from the car.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/F35D\/production\/_95110326_034aaf8f-ec85-4831-a0cf-8de5e8ac99f8.jpg\" alt=\"The white Toyota Yaris stolen in Durban, South Africa, 10 March 2017\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/p>\n<p>KwaZulu-Natal police spokesman Lt-Col Thulani Zwane confirmed that the baby had been found at about midnight on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Police were reportedly working on a lead when they stopped a vehicle at Mariannhill Toll Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>Local media carried an image of the baby after her recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Unconfirmed reports say the baby&#8217;s mother is one of those people detained.<\/p>\n<p>The abduction shocked South Africa, with residents taking to Twitter to urge anyone with information to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>The hashtag #HelpFindDurbanBaby was trending throughout Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/5BC2\/production\/_95109432_durbanbabytweethelp.jpg\" alt=\"Twitter user Ulrich van Vuuren writes: \" width=\"621\" height=\"202\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/10FD6\/production\/_95109596_twitterplea.jpg\" alt=\"Twitter user Shahrina writes: \" width=\"607\" height=\"206\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Car hijackings are common in South Africa, with many people installing tracking devices in their vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, incidents in the country increased by 14.3% on the previous year, meaning that on average 40 cars were hijacked per day, according to the latest statistics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A one-month-old girl abducted in an apparent car-jacking in the South African city of Durban on Friday has been found safe and well. 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