Armed robbers storm Cape Town jewellery shop (video)
CCTV showing overall-clad men robbing a jewellery store in Cape Town’s Blue Route Mall over the weekend has emerged.
The video, captured on Sunday morning, shows terrified shoppers scurrying away and taking cover as a group of about nine men, armed with handguns and hammers, storm into the mall.
The suspects then proceed to smash the display cabinets of a jewellery stall with hammers before placing items of jewellery into bags.
Later, the suspects are seen doing the same thing inside the Harris & D’arcy jewellery store.
Police spokesperson Frederick Van Wyk confirmed no shots were fired and added the suspects made off with jewellery valued at an undisclosed amount.
“[The suspects] fled in a silver Mercedes, a white Audi A4 and a silver Golf 6 with unknown registration numbers,” van Wyk said.
The store’s co-owner, Ebrahim Harris, told The Citizen the robbers caused damage amounting to about R600 000.
He added the store would be closed until repairs had been done.
“As you can see in the video, a lot of damage was done to the shop,” Harris said.
No arrests have yet been made and police investigations are still ongoing.
Watch the video here.
– Caxton News Service
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