A brand new act of kidnapping shook the Betsiboka area this weekend. 5 other people have been abducted by way of armed dahalo within the village of Ambodikinina, positioned within the Betenina fokontany, Ambakireny rural commune, Tsaratanana district. The sufferers come with two girls elderly 25 and 40, in addition to 3 males, two elderly 30 and one elderly 36.
In keeping with knowledge amassed from family members of the sufferers, round thirty dahalo, armed with Kalashnikovs, Mas 36s and looking rifles, burst into the village. The villagers, terrified and disarmed, didn’t dare to confront the attackers. The dahalo temporarily centered their sufferers and fled to the southwest with the hostages, with out encountering resistance.
The folks abducted are from the Betsiboka area, except for one in every of them, who comes from the Analamanga area. The villagers straight away alerted the police, who rushed to the scene.
Requested about this situation, the police have now not but communicated detailed knowledge. The gendarmes are recently at the floor to hold out investigations and pursue the abductors, consistent with the newest to be had knowledge.
The phenomenon of kidnapping by way of dahalo is continuously expanding, elevating questions concerning the effectiveness of safety features. In spite of the common arrests of people desirous about those prison acts, kidnappings proceed to happen, plunging native populations right into a local weather of lack of confidence and worry. This essential state of affairs requires simpler and coordinated intervention by way of the government to give protection to voters and put an finish to this habitual danger. The citizens of Tsaratanana, and the Betsiboka area on the whole, hope that the efforts of the police will temporarily result in the discharge of the hostages and the seize of the dahalo accountable for those acts.
Yv Sam