3 tourists hijacked in Durban
2007-09-18 11:45
Durban - Three tourists were hijacked in Durban's Chatsworth suburb on Tuesday morning as their meter taxi stopped at an intersection, police said.
Police spokesperson Superintendent Danelia Veldhuizen said the three were in a taxi near the Mobeni Heights area of Chatsworth when three armed men approached the three tourists and ordered them and the taxi driver out of the car.
Veldhuizen said the taxi driver and the three medical students from Canada, the United States and Spain were robbed of their cell phones and all their belongings.
She said it was not immediately clear where the three were going, but that they were unharmed.
The three students had been apparently been in South Africa for a month-long holiday.
The taxi was later found abandoned in Durban's Lamontville area.
The three students are 21-year-old Susan Gassiotiru from Spain, 24-year-old Connie Lieu from the US and 24-year-old Faah Xalsadi from Canada.
- SAPA