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British Couple Kidnapped in S. Africa
[AnNahar] An elderly British couple have been kidnapped in South Africa, police said Thursday, amid reports they were kidnapped by bully boyz suspected to have links to the Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group. The British foreign office confirmed that a pair of Britons had been kidnapped and warned of a heightened risk of attacks by "terrorists" in South Africa. The couple were kidnapped in KwaZulu-Natal province last week and have not yet been found, South African police told AFP, adding that two arrests had been made. Local media said the couple, who live in Cape Town, were kidnapped while holidaying near the town of Vryheid. Their disappearance was linked to the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, reports said. Police declined to comment on any such link. But they said the two suspects, Sayfydeen Aslam Del Vecchio, 38, and Fatima Patel, 27, faced a charge of kidnapping as well as offenses that fall under an anti-terrorism act. Patel was previously tossed in the calaboose You have the right to remain silent... in 2016 during raid that led to the arrests of twin brothers accused of plotting attacks on the U.S. embassy in Pretoria and Jewish institutions. In London, the British Foreign Office updated a travel advisory, saying "snuffies are likely to try to carry out attacks in South Africa." "The main threat is from bully boyz linked to ISIS (formerly referred to as ISIS). In February 2018, two South African-British nationals were kidnapped," it said. ISIS, ISIS and ISIS are alternative names for the IS group. The advisory said that some South Africans who had visited Syria, Iraq and Libya were "likely to pose a security threat on their return." "There's also a threat from individuals who may have been inspired by terrorist groups, including ISIS," it added. The U.S. and Britannia warned in 2016 of the possibility of attacks by jihadist bully boyz in South Africa's major cities. The country has so far been spared the jihadist attacks that have struck several other countries on the continent. Moslems account for just 1.5 percent of South Africa's 54 million people. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-02-23 |
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