Robber shot near mall
The man is believed to have stolen a laptop bag out of a car.
Andrea Küsel
A robber was shot and wounded near Mayville Mall in the Moot on Wednesday morning.
Wonderboompoort community policing forum (CPF) chairperson Albert Michau said the robber was believed to have stolen a laptop bag out of a car in the parking lot.
“He fled in a northern direction towards the Apies river.”
Michau said a police officer fired a shot and wounded the fleeing robber in the leg.
“The man ran towards the river where he was arrested,” he said.
Paramedics treated the robber on the scene before he was taken to Steve Biko academic hospital.
Police were not immediately able to comment.
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