UPDATE: Cops and robbers in Pioneer Park
The supervisor was injured after a shot was fired.
PIONEER PARK – The woman who was shot in the foot in yesterday’s armed robbery has been discharged from hospital.
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Speaking on condition of anonymity, an employee from Pick ‘n Pay Family Supermarket in Pioneer Park confirmed the woman was in fact a supervisor.
The supervisor was wounded when a bullet ricocheted off the floor.
“She was shot in the foot but she’s out of hospital now.”
Read: Robbery eyewitness speaks out
The employee explained the armed robbers, at least five plus their garbed accomplice, made off with a couple hundred thousand Rand last night.
At this time, reports indicated two suspects have been apprehended.
Also read: Alleged armed robber shot and killed
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