An armed robbery in The Wilgers in Tshwane East yesterday afternoon left an elderly couple injured after they were pulled from their vehicle by attackers and assaulted.

Pretoria Rekord reports that, according to the Volunteer Emergency Medical Response Unit (VEMRU), they received a call from Alpha Security Forum for two elderly people who were robbed and assaulted in the Wilgers area.

“On arrival with members from Pretoria VEMRU, our team found two patients… One patient sustained serious injuries to their chest and neck after they were attacked in their vehicle.

“Our teams worked to stabilise both patients until ambulances arrived on scene and transported both patients to a nearby hospital for further treatment.”

The scene was handed over to SAPS for investigation.

No further information was available at the time of publishing.

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