Something about South Africa if you intend to travel there to
stay or have a holiday
Police authorities
have confirmed that bandits now use naked women as bait to trap and hijack
motorists on SA roads. The ugly development was first circulated
by Arrive Alive – a road safety advocacy and awareness group on its
Twitter page. The organisation validated its claims by posting two photos
on Twitter over the weekend, warning motorists, especially long distance
truckers, to keep an eye off the naked bandit and her cohorts. The organisation
validated its claims by posting two photos on Twitter over the weekend,
warning motorists, especially long distance truckers, to keep an eye off the
naked bandit and her cohorts.
In one of the
photos, an undressed woman was spotted parading on the road and private
parts discreetly covered by gold stars image. Local media outlet, OL reported
that the editor of the Arrive Alive website, Johan Jonck, confirmed that the
photos were posted by the organisation. Jonck reportedly said: “I can
confirm that the post is true and that this is a new thing criminals are using
to hijack motorists. We [Arrive Alive] are trying our utmost best to get more
information on this. We urge motorists, especially long distance truckers who
are most times the prey of these syndicates, to please be vigilant on the road
and not to stop at all.”
The bandits operate
by positioning the undressed woman on the road to distract drivers.When drivers
slow down to look at the woman, her accomplices then emerge from hiding to rob
and hijack them. The bandits are said to have carried out their operations
on the N17 highway in Bloemfontein, Free State. The highway runs from
Johannesburg along the border of Swaziland to Ermelo, Mpumalanga. Weighing in,
Police authorities in Bloemfontein confirmed receiving reports of hijackings
and robberies that have followed this pattern along the N17 highway.
Please do not
hesitate to alert the nearest police station if you come across this naked
woman while driving.
Just a few days ago, Vehicle tracking company
Ctrack released its hijacking and crime statistics. The report detailed
the hijacking hotspots across South Africa’s biggest cities, and the time of
day most South Africans are most vulnerable. The company indicated in its
report that car and truck hijacking is most common in South Africa’s most
populated province, Gauteng, followed by other built up provinces such as
KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. The report added that the majority of
hijackings in the country mostly occur between 18:00 and 23:59 in Gauteng and
KwaZulu-Natal, and between 00:00 and 05:59 in the Western Cape.
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