Olympic champ Kirsty Coventry was sipping coffee when shots fired in Hyde Park
A jewellery store has been robbed.
A screenshot from the video posted by Kirsty Coventry on Twitter.
Social media users took to Twitter on Thursday to report that a shooting incident had taken place during the robbery of a jewellery store at Hyde Park Corner in Sandton, Johannesburg.
One of these Twitter users was Zimbabwean swimmer and two-time Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry, who tweeted a video and said, “Shots erupt in jewellery store robbery behind us whilst having coffee in hype park mall (Johannesburg). No one injured. Thank god.”
https://twitter.com/KirstyCoventry/status/852432909780824064
Other Twitter reports started to surface after 10am. Most users reported that there was a shootout, although details about it were not clear.
A photo tweeted by Brian Tristam Williams (@briantw) showed police in the centre and an area cordoned off.
https://twitter.com/briantw/status/852433789192196096
https://twitter.com/yossihasson/status/852432314923704320
Police have confirmed the shooting incident at a jewellery store.
https://twitter.com/SAPoliceService/status/852449112435957760
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