A group of employees working at the Cidade da China shopping complex choked to death a businessman of Chinese nationality, with the aim of stealing an amount valued at 70 thousand USD, in addition to more than 3 million kwanzas that were stored in the company’s safe. managed by the 60-year-old victim
Three national citizens directly involved in the crime are currently being detained, according to the director of the Institutional Communication and Press Office of the Criminal Investigation Service (SIC), Manuel Halaiwa, who, regarding the quality of the Chinese citizen, said he was the manager of the stock warehouse and cook of Chinese cuisine.
Chief superintendent of criminal investigation Manuel Halaiwa said that the events occurred last Wednesday, February 21, when it was 10 am, in the storage section for bales of clothes and shoes. “The Criminal Investigation Service became aware of the existence of a corpse, in the China City commercial complex, at 10 am, on February 21st”, he said.
The spokesperson for that forensic body also stressed that, due to the seriousness of the facts, the SIC, through its Criminal Investigation Department of Viana, sent a team of specialists, including criminalistics operatives, who, through the expertise carried out, obtained preliminary data that points to qualified homicide due to mechanical asphyxiation.
The images captured by that company’s video surveillance system, which were circulated on social media, show cargo workers. They took advantage of the victim’s distraction to asphyxiate him and then gave him an injection, the substance of which has yet to be determined by forensic medicine at the Josina Machel Hospital morgue. “Subsequently, they went to one of the compartments and broke into a safe that was there, stealing 70 thousand USD and 3 million kwanzas.
These are preliminary data that, during the investigation, we will better determine”, he assured, adding that “on the trail of the criminals, it was possible to arrest three citizens directly involved in the action”. After the arrest of those involved, they were presented to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, where they are being heard, in order to later be presented to the judge of guarantees who will apply the coercive measures corresponding to the acts attributed to them.
The criminal investigation officer, on behalf of the body he represents, called on all national and foreign citizens, particularly businesspeople, to avoid storing large sums of money in their commercial establishments or homes. The advice was given to also abstain from the crime of withholding currency, in addition to reducing the likelihood of being targets of robbery.
Reinforced security in China City
The guarantee was given by the person responsible for the administration of the Cidade da China shopping complex, when he spoke to the press regarding the murder of his compatriot, which occurred in the establishment under his management. “Firstly, all of us Chinese feel very sad for losing a Chinese person, and secondly, we, the City of China, reinforce the security of the entire City”, assured the person in charge of that city, noting that the space continues to be operate normally. On the other hand, he praised the intervention of the Police in dealing with the businessman’s case and hoped that the SIC might arrest the fugitive criminals as soon as possible.