Shot man still in hospital
A man who was shot during a hijacking on Wednesday is recovering in hospital, while police are still looking for his hijackers.
Police have not managed to arrest the two hijackers that hijacked and shot a man last week Wednesday in Claremont.
Captain Bonginkosi Msimango from the Hercules Police has asked the community to assist with any information that will lead to the arrest of the two hijackers.
Amos Baloyi who was shot in the leg when two men hijacked his vehicle and took R20 000 that was inside it, has been discharged from hospital and is recovering at home in Tembisa.
Msimango said the victim, Baloyi and a friend were visiting a dealership in Claremont to buy a vehicle.
“The two men went inside the dealership and left their money in the bakkie. When one of the men returned to collect the money, he was approached by a man who demanded his vehicle keys.”
Msimango said the man resisted and he was shot in the leg by the hijacker’s accomplice. “We are investigating a case of hijacking,” said Msimango.
Eyewitnesses Paul and Charmaine Venter said they saw the victim parking his white Toyota Hilux bakkie.
“They went into the dealership and when they came out they stood outside for a while before heading to the vehicle. In the meantime, a man walked into the dealership and he asked if we had an engine and a body with papers to sell. We told him no and he walked out,” Charmaine said.
She said the same man attacked the victim when he went to his vehicle. The man was beating up the hijacker when he was shot. Paul said: “The hijacker looked like he was a bit high. Even one of my workers saw that there was something suspicious about him.”
Venter said the sector police were alerted after the shots.
“The sector police were very quick to respond. We helped the wounded man and gave him one of our couches so he could be comfortable,” said Venter.
The hijackers drove off in the victim’s vehicle. They ignored a red traffic light in their haste to escape. The hijacked vehicle was found on the corner of Ernest and Center Street in Pretoria Gardens a few minutes later.
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