A Carletonville resident is recovering in hospital after being shot multiple times during an armed robbery on Bluebell Street this week.

The 43-year-old victim was walking from Blyvooruitzicht to the Carletonville taxi rank at around 03:00 on October 26. Six men approached him, drew firearms and demanded to search him.

When the resident refused, the attackers shot him in the stomach, left leg and back.

The suspects, who spoke Sesotho, stole his cellphone and money before fleeing the scene.

Paramedics rushed the wounded man to Carletonville Hospital for emergency treatment.The police in Carletonville are investigating attempted murder and armed robbery cases.