An elderly British couple have been kidnapped in South Africa, police said on Thursday, amid reports they were abducted by extremists suspected to have links to the Islamic State 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 abducted 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 offences that fall…
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