Suspected cable thief electrocuted in east, guard shot
“It seemed that two people were trying to steal power cables from the substation when the nightshift guards came across them."
An alleged cable thief was injured after he was electrocuted and a security guard shot and wounded, following a shooting incident in Lynnwood Manor on Sunday evening.
Rufus Engelbrecht of Emer-G-Med said they received a call at around 19:20 to attend to a scene at a substation in Lynnwood Manor.
“It seemed that two people were trying to steal power cables from the substation when the nightshift guards came across them,” said Engelbrecht.
“In the process, a guard was shot and wounded while one of the perpetrators was electrocuted,” Engelbrecht said. He said the two were taken to hospital.
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“One was taken to Kalafong with burn wounds while the second person was transported by Netcare 911 to Pretoria East hospital with gunshot wounds.”
Garsfontein police confirmed the incident, but could not provide more details at the time of going to print.
Following the incident, many suburbs in the east were left without power for hours.
Although power was restored in most suburbs last night, parts of Lynnwood were still without electricity on Monday morning.
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