Missing Children South Africa's Bianca van Aswegen says kidnappings are escalating daily in South Africa.
- Six-year-old Shanawaaz Asghar was abducted outside his family home on Wednesday morning.RELATED: CT BOY SNATCHED BY SIX SUSPECTS WHILE ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL
There's still no sign of the six-year-old who was kidnapped outside his family home in Cape Town on Wednesday morning.There've been no arrests and the motive for the kidnapping is unclear.She says incidents of kidnapping are escalating "daily" in South Africa. There's opportunistic kidnappings that happen - we've got parental abductions, we've got kidnapping for ransom, we've got human trafficking.She also says there has been a rise in kidnappings for ransom and human trafficking since the national lockdown in 2020.Bianca van Aswegen, National Coordinator - Missing Children South Africa But as far as ransom kidnappings are concerned, she says adults are usually the targets.
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