ISIS plans to attack South Africa – UK

Britain has warned of possible attacks by the Islamic State (IS) on foreigners in South Africa, following the kidnap of two British nationals in a small town there.

Britain’s Foreign Office (FCO) disclosed on its website that the main threat was from ISIS.

In an email to Reuters, the FCO said: “We have updated our travel advice to include this recent incident”, referring to the kidnapping.

“Our travel advice already states that terrorists are likely to try to carry out attacks in South Africa. This remains our assessment.”

A spokesman for the Hawks, Lloyd Ramovha, said two suspects had been arrested in connection with the kidnap of the British couple.

Police have not identified the couple, who lives in Cape Town.

They were kidnapped in the small town of Vryheid in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, Ramovha said. Police were still investigating why they had travelled there.