MBOMBELA – A shootout occurred during a failed attempt to rob a cash-in-transit vehicle this morning.
According to Netcare 911 media liaison officer, Ms Athlenda Mathe, the incident happened at 08:32.
She said paramedics came across a shooting during an attempted cash-in-transit heist at The Grove.
“Netcare911 paramedics called police and a local security company to secure the area,” Mathe said.
She said their team included an emergency-care practitioner, an intermediate life-support paramedic and a basic ambulance assistant.
Watch the video of the robbery here:
Mathe said after police secured the scene, paramedics rushed to assess the three security officers as well as bystanders who were at the shopping centre.
No one was injured.
Police spokesman, Capt Dawie Pretorius, said the suspects got away with an empty bag and police were investigating a case of armed robbery.
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