Five men held employees and customers at gunpoint in a shop on the corner of Rockey and Sherwell streets in Doornfontein on 3 September.
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Constable Thabo Malatji of Yeoville police said, “Five suspects entered a shop and held the employees and customers hostage. The alarm went off and the shop’s security reacted and a shootout ensued. One suspect was shot and killed and another was trapped and arrested by police.
“A female customer in the shop was shot during the attack. She was taken to hospital and is in a serious condition.”
According to Malatji, the other three suspects fled in a silver Toyota Quantum, however, two of the suspects got out of the vehicle and fled on foot when the Joburg Metropolitan Police cornered the vehicle a short distance away and they were arrested. The third driving the Quantum managed to escape.
Details: 011 487 5900.
