Man shoots two would-be hijackers
Two suspected hijackers are recovering in the Tembisa Hospital after they were shot and injured by the owner of the car they hijacked in Fairleads Benoni, on the East Rand.
Benoni police acting cluster commander, Brigadier Poobalan Subbiah said the driver of the vehicle (who is not the owner of the bakkie) was hijacked at 6.30pm on Saturday, Benoni City Times reported.
“The hijackers took the vehicle, cellphones and an undisclosed money. The vehicle was later found abandoned at President Hoffman Road, in Rynfield,” added Subbiah.
Subbiah said the owner of the bakkie was informed of the incident and tracked the suspects’ whereabouts from one of the phones that was stolen.
He traced the men and found them driving in another car along Pretoria Road. The passenger then pointed a firearm at the owner of the hijacked car.
Subbiah said he shot at the suspects and injured both of them. They were arrested and the gun used in the hijacking and cell phones stolen were recovered.
The suspects are under police guard at the Tembisa Hospital. They will be charged with hijacking, possession of an unlicensed firearm and attempted murder.
In a separate incident, a suspect was shot dead during a confrontation after trying to steal a bakkie in Mindalore, Krugersdorp, in Gauteng.
Neighbourhood Watch (WSRNW) spokesperson Frik van Zyl said the suspect was fiddling with a bakkie parked at a house on Adam Street, Mindalore, between 2 and 3am in March.
The bakkie belonged to an elderly man, who confronted the suspect when he heard the commotion outside. The suspect proceeded to shoot at the resident, inflicting wounds to his leg and side, Van Zyl said.
The elderly man retaliated with gunfire. The suspect was shot and killed.
– Caxton News Service
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