BREAKING NEWS: Men posing as soldiers hit CIT van
Suspects wearing SANDF uniforms ambushed a Fidelity vehicle this afternoon on the R533 and robbed them of an undisclosed amount of money.
GRASKOP – Chief Executive Officer of Khulani Fidelity Services Group Wahl Bartmann said the incident happened at around 15:00 between Graskop and Bushbuckridge. “We do not know how many suspects were involved at this stage, but we know nobody was injured.”
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An eyewitness on the scene confirmed that shots were fired during the heist. “What we do know is they were ambushed by suspects in a white Toyota double-cab bakkie and a silver grey Chev Captiva.”
The suspects who were armed with R5 rifles forced the security guards out of the van. They forced the guards to lie down on the ground face forward. They then bombed the back of the vehicle and fled the scene.
This is a developing story and Lowvelder will update as more information becomes available.
