Commuters have been urged to not stop next to the highway, after reports of blue light hijackers and spikes being thrown into the road was reported near the Bronkhorstspruit area.<\/p>\n
More than four hijacking incidents were reported at around 19:00 on 20 February, after hijackers in police uniform using vehicles with blue lights, abducted three men.<\/p>\n
A Middelburg resident who was one of the three men and one woman who was hijacked by the suspects.<\/p>\n
Mr Sarel Janse van Rensburg gave a full account of his harrowing ordeal, after he managed to escape to safety from his armed captors.<\/p>\n
Sarel was held at gunpoint along with two other men and the woman who was hijacked was reported as missing.
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Www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0has sent an inquiry to the Bronkhorstspruit SAPS but no information on the other victims has been released as yet.<\/p>\n
\u2022Read the full story of Sarel Janse van Rensburg’s hijacking incident in this week’s issue of the\u00a0Middelburg Observer<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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