{"id":33142,"date":"2017-03-11T12:33:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T12:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/durban-police-search-for-baby-abducted-in-south\/"},"modified":"2017-03-11T12:33:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T12:33:33","slug":"durban-police-search-for-baby-abducted-in-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/durban-police-search-for-baby-abducted-in-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Durban police search for baby abducted in South Africa &#8216;car-jacking&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Police in the South African city of Durban are searching for a baby girl who was in a vehicle when it was stolen in an apparent car-jacking on Friday.<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>The mother was with her one-month-old baby and an eight-year old when she was approached by two suspects.<\/p>\n<p>The individuals then hijacked her car and drove off with the baby still inside, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>The car, a white Toyota Yaris, has since been found, but the baby is still missing.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesman Thulani Zwane said that a search operation, involving officers and a dog unit, would continue until the girl was found.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our priority is to find this baby,&#8221; Mr Zwane said.<\/p>\n<p>Police recovered the abandoned vehicle in Montclair, southern Durban, at about 15:00 local time (13:00 GMT) on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>A South African Marshall Security spokesman, Kyle van Reenen, said that the infant&#8217;s baby seat had been removed from the car, local media report.<\/p>\n<p>The news has rocked South Africa, with residents taking to the social media site Twitter to urge anyone with information to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of interest in the incident, the hashtag #HelpFindDurbanBaby was trending throughout the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The South African police service has asked those with information to call their local crime number.<\/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<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-18710 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/_95109425_durbanbaby.jpg\" alt=\"The one-month-old baby girl who was abducted when a car was stolen in Durban, South Africa\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Source:BBC <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Police in the South African city of Durban are searching for a baby girl who was in a vehicle when it was stolen in an apparent car-jacking on Friday. } The mother was with her one-month-old baby and an eight-year old when she was approached by two suspects. 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