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Thugs shoot at security guards near Carletonville
Luckily the guards were able to escape.
Security guards escaped unhurt after coming under fire from illegal miners near Carletonville.
The incident took place late on October 31 near DRDGOLD’s Shaft 10 gold plant.
A reaction officer alerted his colleagues at 22:10 after power suddenly tripped at a local dam.
A 43-year-old guard and fellow team members went to investigate the fault.
While taking photographs of the scene, illegal miners opened fire on them.
The bullets struck the roll bar of their bakkie, but the guards managed to jump into the vehicle and drive away to safety.
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