The South African Police Service said officers launched a rescue operation after receiving intelligence the pastor was being held by his abductors at a house in KwaMagxaki, another township in the ...

In this photo provided by the South African Police Service, South African law enforcement officers enter the gate of the house where an American missionary Josh Sullivan was being held in ...

An American missionary allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint during a church service in South Africa last Thursday has been rescued in "a high-intensity shootout" between police and his suspected ...

An American preacher who was taken hostage by armed men while preaching a sermon in a South African township last week has been rescued in a fierce gun battle with his kidnappers, police said ...

the South African Police Service said. Three unidentified suspects were killed. Sullivan was found “miraculously” unharmed in a safe house, officials said. Police arrived at the safe house and ...

South African Police Service told the BBC the alleged kidnappers stole two phones before fleeing in the pastor’s silver Toyota Fortuner. Police later found the vehicle abandoned with no trace of ...