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With the number of abduction cases in the Eastern Cape rising for more than a year, detectives who specialise in kidnapping cases have been deployed to fight extortion attacks in East London, Gqeberha and Mthatha. The cases have rung alarm bells and the Pakistan High Commission is concerned by the recent developments in the province.
A quiet ransom exchange in the seclusion of East London's Nahoon Dam turned into a violent shootout as East London police foiled a hostage situation on Tuesday morning. One kidnapper was shot dead and a police officer was shot and injured on the scene. East London police tactical response units, including the Mdantsane flying squad and a team of hostage negotiators, responded when the family of a kidnapping victim was given instructions to make a ransom drop at an open field near Nahoon Da.
A blaze that engulfed a snack warehouse nearly shut down three other businesses in an industrial precinct in Arcadia, East London, on Sunday afternoon.