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St. Ann businesswoman abducted
Thursday, 17 December 2009
The St. Ann woman abducted on Thursday morning has been found.
A police source told RJR that 25-year-old Hyacinth English appears unhurt but distressed.
She has been taken to the Alexandria Police Station and will be sent for medical treatment.
It is reported that about 6:15 Thursday morning, Mrs. English, who operates a Grocery and Hardware store with her husband, had just opened for business and was tending to a customer.
Shortly after a car drove up and armed men entered the store.
The gunmen ordered the customer to lie face down on the floor.
He was tied up but not harmed.
Mrs. English was then pushed into the waiting car which sped away.
Her six-year-old daughter and mother, who were in the store, also escaped unharmed.
The woman's severely traumatised daughter and mother had to be taken to hospital for treatment.
The getaway car was later found abandoned in Abuca, a nearby district.
Members of the community led by her husband and the police then launched a frantic search for her.
Thursday, 17 December 2009
The St. Ann woman abducted on Thursday morning has been found.
A police source told RJR that 25-year-old Hyacinth English appears unhurt but distressed.
She has been taken to the Alexandria Police Station and will be sent for medical treatment.
It is reported that about 6:15 Thursday morning, Mrs. English, who operates a Grocery and Hardware store with her husband, had just opened for business and was tending to a customer.
Shortly after a car drove up and armed men entered the store.
The gunmen ordered the customer to lie face down on the floor.
He was tied up but not harmed.
Mrs. English was then pushed into the waiting car which sped away.
Her six-year-old daughter and mother, who were in the store, also escaped unharmed.
The woman's severely traumatised daughter and mother had to be taken to hospital for treatment.
The getaway car was later found abandoned in Abuca, a nearby district.
Members of the community led by her husband and the police then launched a frantic search for her.
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