Man shot for Rolex
Armed robbers attacked Danie and fired two shots at him. The first shot missed, but the second one hit him in the stomach at close range.
A Centurion man shot at Eldoraigne Village shopping centre on Tuesday was attacked for his Rolex watch.
Danie van Reenen (51) and his wife Ulandie had finished shopping when Ulandie said she had to visit the loo.
“We got into the car and went to the underground parking area where I got out and went to the bathroom.”
While Ulandie was in the toilet she heard a gunshot, but thought it was a firecracker.
“With the second shot, I heard my husband’s voice very loudly.”
Ulandie said she went outside and saw two armed men in a brawl with her husband.
“Another robber held a security guard and the centre manager at gunpoint. I ran back to the bathroom and locked myself inside until it was safe to come out again.”
She said the episode was over within 3 minutes.
“Paramedics were on the scene within 6 minutes.”
Ulandie said an older lady sitting in her car and a cleaner saw everything.
“The armed robbers weren’t interested in anything other than my husband’s Rolex watch. They didn’t take anything else.”
The first shot missed but the second one hit Danie in the stomach. He underwent an emergency operation for three hours on Tuesday to have the bullet removed.
“Unfortunately the doctors were unable to remove the bullet because it is stuck in the pelvis.”
Ulandie said her entire family was traumatised.
Wierdabruge police spokesperson Constable Tumisang Moloto said an attempted murder was being investigated.
“The suspects are still at large.”
The car used in the attack, posted on the Centurion Concerned Citizens Facebook page, was a white Audi with registration number FH13ZFGP.
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