The family of a six-year-old girl who was the victim of a brazen kidnapping in front of the gates of her South African school have confirmed that one of the alleged offenders is a teacher at the same school.
Amy-Lee de Jager was snatched from her mother's arms outside theKollegepark primary school in Vanderbijlpark about 70km south of Johannesburg, on Wednesday (NZ time) as she and her five-year-old brother Jayden were being dropped off.
According to South African media reports, the girl's kidnappers demanded a ransom of R2 million ($210,000) for her release from Wynand de Jager, Amy-Lee's father and an F1 powerboat racer on the international circuit.
The little girl was found distraught and in tears by a couple at 2.30am (local time) in a deserted street, 19 hours after being taken.
A man and a woman took her to the Vanderbijlpark police station where she was reunited with her parents.
On Friday (NZ time) South African police confirmed the arrest of three suspects – two women aged 27 and 40, as well as a 50-year-old man at a house in Vanderbijlpark, following a province-wide manhunt.
In a statement, police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said one of the suspects are known to the de Jaager family.
CONFIRMED - All suspects in connection with the kidnapping of Amy'Leigh De Jager were arrested during the night.
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