News24 | 'Traditional healer' arrested for allegedly snatching one-year-old at a Free State mall

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Free State police have arrested a 45-year-old male was arrested for kidnapping.

Free State police have arrested a 45-year-old male was arrested for kidnapping.

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A man, believed to be a traditional healer, has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a child at a mall in the Free State.

After missing for three days, the child was reunited with her parents on Sunday.

Free State police spokesperson Captain Stephen Thakeng said the child's mother reported her one-year-old daughter missing on Thursday, reportedly after she was snatched at a mall in Thabong, Welkom.

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