No arrests yet after actor Tumisho Masha’s five-hour hijacking ordeal: Police
Police have yet to make an arrest following a hijacking and five-hour kidnap ordeal of top actor Tumisho Masha.Police spokesman Kay Makhubela said an investigation into the matter is currently underway."No arrest has been made yet. We are looking for about three men who he says he saw‚ we are not sure how many others were there‚" Makhubele said.Masha's agent‚ Oscar Tshifure‚ said the actor was on his way from Soshanguve‚ his hometown‚ to visit friends and family in the area when he was accosted by hijackers at around 10pm on Sunday.Tumisho Masha left shaken after five-hour hijacking ordealActor and TV personality Tumisho Masha is grateful to have escaped unharmed after being hijacked at gunpoint and taken on a joyride for five hours in Soshanguve north of Pretoria. Tshifuri said Masha was "thrown into the boot of the car…driven around for hours while the hijackers were locating the tracking device…while he lay in the boot”.He was finally released at approximately 2.45 on Monday morning‚ “unhurt but emotionally traumatised”‚ Tshifuri said.A case of hijacking and attempted murder was opened...
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