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Ever since a mobile police station was launched in Harare crime has decreased. We are shocked to hear such bad news,\u201d said Soldaat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, she stated that criminals are mostly targeting business vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven when there was a hype of hijacking in Khayelitsha most of the vehicles targeted were trucks because they wanted money or something inside,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soldaat praised the officers for saving the victim\u2019s lives. She urged officers to pull up their socks as many people are returning from the holidays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City\u2019s Law Enforcement spokesperson Wayne Dyason confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said it occurred at about 01:10. He said the City\u2019s Law Enforcement LEAP officers were on patrol Kuyasa when they spotted the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe area is known as a hotspot for hijackings. In Ntlazane Road the officers spotted a white car travelling at high speed and the driver upon seeing the officers stopped immediately near an informal settlement. Two occupants exited the vehicle and the officers gave chase on foot. The suspects fired two shots at the pursuing officers and then managed to disappear into the night,\u201d said Dayson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said on an inspection of the vehicle left behind revealed two people, bound and gagged in the boot of the car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBoth appeared unconscious and were clearly viciously assaulted. One of them regained consciousness and informed the officers they were on the beach at Monwabisi then proceeded to a shop in Endlovini where they were taken captive by the suspects,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the victims were taken to a shack at Endlovini and assaulted by the perpetrators. Dayson said the victims remembered the location of the shack they were held captive in and took the officers there. 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