Public urged to help find missing boy

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has called on the public to help law enforcement authorities to bring back five-year old, Mongezi Phike, safe and unharmed after a horrible hijacking.

It was reported that the boy and his father were in a car at an intersection in Masada, Bronkhorstspruit, on Tuesday, when four men approached -- two of them were armed.

The father was reportedly bound hand and foot with wire, while his head was covered with a plastic bag and tape wrapped around his neck.

His ID, wallet, credit cards and phone were taken. He was later found abandoned at a construction site and is now in hospital recuperating, while his son remains missing.

"We also call on law enforcement authorities to spare no effort in seeking these criminals and bring them to justice, while we urge members of the community to help the police in their work so that Mongezi can be brought home safely.

“We cannot imagine the pain and sorrow that his family is going through," said President Zuma. – SAnews.gov.za