Security guard shot dead in botched CIT heist in KZN
A cash-in-transit guard was killed and two others were robbed of their firearms in a brazen daylight heist.
A 49-year-old security guard was shot and killed during a failed cash-in-transit (CIT) robbery near Mandeni in KZN, just before 09:00 yesterday morning.
North Coast Courier reports that the robbers reportedly failed to gain access to the majority of the money after their explosives did not work as planned in a brazen daytime heist, which closed part of the N2 for hours.
According to IPSS Security operations manager Phumlani Vezi, two other guards were not injured but were robbed of their firearms.
The incident marks at least the sixth CIT heist between KwaDukuza and Mandeni in the past year.
Last month, a 50-year-old security guard was shot in the leg, and his 46-year-old colleague was assaulted in a CIT heist on the R74 near KwaDukuza.
Just three days before, robbers targeted a vehicle on the R102 between Mandeni and Gingindlovu, escaping with an undisclosed amount of money.
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