Armed robbery at Castle Walk
"When the three suspects were on their way to pay me, they pulled a gun.”
Armed robbers hit a shop in Castle Walk shopping centre on Friday morning.
The robbery happened at around 10:00 at Castle Walk’s Hairextension Lounge in Erasmuskloof, in the south east of Pretoria.
After tying up a shop attendant at gunpoint the robbers fled with personal belongings and stock.
According to an employee, Mari Pfester, two men and a woman entered the shop to enquire about her products.
“I supply hair extensions to salons. When the three suspects were on their way to pay me, they pulled a gun,” Pfester said.
The robbers tied Pfester up, bundled her under a table and took off with stock and personal belongings.
Pfester said the robbers took off with all their stock, two laptops, her handbag and cellphone.
“We opened a case at the Brooklyn police station.”
Pictures of the robbers from the shop’s security cameras have been posted on Facebook with a request for anybody to come forward with information that could lead to the arrest of the robbers.
The police could not be reached for comment.
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