Cleric found safe after hijacking outside Durban mosque | Independent on Saturday

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Less than an hour later, the car was found by police, abandoned in Pinetown, with a traumatised Hafiz Talha Kazi inside. IOSNewsSA

Durban - People in Newlands West, outside Durban, were traumatised after a cleric was hijacked by four armed men outside a mosque on Friday afternoon.

“Two guys ran towards him and started manhandling him and that’s when I realised he was being hijacked. I asked him to give the car keys to them and get away from there. However, another two guys came. When I tried to approach, I realised that they had firearms,” said Ahmed.Two men later got out of the car and into another vehicle, which Ahmed assumed was a getaway vehicle.

 

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