A carjacker was fatally wounded after he and a group of men allegedly hijacked a motor vehicle in Morningside on 1 July.
According to Sandton Police Station’s spokesperson, Captain Granville Meyer, the deceased suspect and his accomplices accosted the victim by blocking her vehicle with two other motor vehicles. “An on-duty security guard caught them in the act. A shoot-out unfolded and one of the suspects were fatally wounded while he was in one of the other cars used by the suspects during the commission of the crime,” he said.
The other suspects sped off with the hijacked car which was later recovered in Alexandra. A preliminary investigation revealed that the motor vehicle which was driven by the deceased was reported stolen in the Sebenza policing precinct last month.”We appeal to anyone who may have any information on crime to contact the SAPS on the Crime Stop number 08600 10111,” Information can also be communicated via the My SAPS app and all information will be treated with the strictest confidence and informers mat remain anonymous.
