A Tembisa resident was pistol-whipped by two armed men before they hijacked his Hyundai SUV on Sunday night.
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Chief Supt Wilfred Kgasago, metro police spokesman, said the vehicle-tracking company issued a report of the hijacked Hyundai around 8.30pm.
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EMPD members recovered the vehicle around 8.50pm at Inxulweni Section in Tembisa.
“After pistol-whipping the victim and taking his personal belongings, the perpetrators sped off into the night with his metallic-brown Hyundai SUV,” Kgasago said.
“Fortunately, the metro police reacted swiftly after receiving the signal of the hijacked vehicle and were able to locate the vehicle, which was found abandoned on Mbhele Street near the RDP flats in Tembisa. The recovered vehicle was taken for safe-keeping to the SAPS pound in Benoni. The hunt is on for the persons responsible for the hijacking,” he added.
