A number of security guards were held hostage when a shopping centre was robbed in the east of Pretoria at the weekend.
Bull Security spokesperson French Jooste said the robbery happened around 05:00 in Elarduspark.
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“Five armed suspects entered the shopping centre in a white mini bus and took all the guards, tied them up and confiscated their hand cuffs and pepper-spray.”
Jooste said the five robbers then proceeded to a shop in the centre, where they broke the front door open and stole an undisclosed amount of items.
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He said the criminals fled and the guards managed to press the panic button.
“Bull Security reaction officers responded in two minutes but unfortunately the suspects were already gone,” he said.
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Jooste said the police were investigating.
The police could not be reached for comment at the time of going to press.
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