Attempted cash-in-transit heist at Witbank complex (video)
Armed robbers attempted a cash-in-transit heist at shopping complex in Witbank, Mpumalanga, on Monday morning.
Bystanders said three suspects targeted a Coin Security vehicle in front of Saveways Spar at about 9.20am, Witbank News reported.
A shot was reportedly fired.
“I just came out of the Spar and got in the car when I heard the gunshot,” Anneke Basson, a bystander, said.
“A man with a huge gun came running towards me and hid behind my car,” Basson continued.
Basson said she saw the armed suspect getting into a white Bantam bakkie.
Two of the suspects allegedly fled the scene on foot after they failed to rob the security guards.
Police arrived on the scene shortly after the incident and started searching for the suspects.
The shot that was fired during the incident hit a window of a vehicle in the parking area.
No injuries were reported, but about 15 people were treated for shock.
In May, two suspects were arrested after a cash-in-transit heist was foiled at at the Birch Acres Mall in Tembisa.
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A group of around ten people attacked SBV security guards inside the mall, and a shootout between police and the suspects ensued, leaving a guard injured on the chin.
An unlicensed firearm was recovered as well as a getaway car that was stolen in Midrand.
– Caxton News Service
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