Mom dragged from vehicle in Pinetown hijacking

A mother was lucky to survive unharmed after two men held her up in a Pinetown hijacking outside a school yesterday afternoon.
Blue Security managing director Henk van Bemmelen said the woman had arrived at the pre-school just before 5pm to pick up her child. “Two hijackers armed with a knife pulled her out of the vehicle and drove off. No injuries were reported,” he said.
Pinetown SAPS attended the scene of the hijacking.
Van Bemmelen advised parents to be alert when dropping off and collecting children from school. “Hijackers operate both on foot as in this case, after being dropped off by accomplices nearby, and in vehicles, so always make sure there are no suspicious individuals lurking near the school gate before you pull up,” he said.
“But if you do find yourself in a hijacking situation, try to stay calm and avoid eye contact and comply with the hijackers’ request. If your children are still in the vehicle, tell the hijackers calmly that you are first going to take them out of the car before handing over the vehicle.”