Whether armed robberies happen in broad daylight or during the dead of night, you are not safe! Four armed robberies were reported in eMalahleni, in one of which a woman was stabbed in the back.

The crime spree kicked off in Lynnville.

A married couple was in harm’s way when two unknown men approached them at Lynnville just after lunch on March 2.

Two men were knocking on their car doors, and one man was allegedly armed with a firearm.

The man said they instructed him to get out of his car, searched him, and took his cellphone. Furthermore, they also took his wife’s handbag. They ran away soon after. They drove off in a grey Toyota Conquest.

In a second incident, a couple was visited by four unknown men in the early hours of March 4.

According to the police, one of the men allegedly pointed to the woman’s boyfriend with a firearm and ordered him to give up his two cellphones, laptop, and flat-screen TV.

One of the other men went to the bedroom and stabbed the woman in the back. The men fled the scene.

The following evening on March 5 a hitchhiker was allegedly robbed.

According to police, on March 5, the complainant said that he was in Mathews Phosa Drive late at night when a silver-grey Polo pulled up and offered him a ride.

He also told police he had put his bag in the car’s boot and they drove off.

Somewhere along the way, one of the passengers allegedly took out a firearm and pointed him.

The hitchhiker said the man who allegedly held the gun, ordered him to hand over all his belongings.

The man allegedly took his cellphone, an undisclosed amount of money, and a pair of shoes. He was afterward told to get out of the car.

In another incident, a woman was robbed of her personal belongings. This incident occurred on March 6 at 04:45 in the morning.

An unknown man approached her allegedly with a firearm and ordered her to hand over her bag containing all of her belongings.

The bag contained an undisclosed amount of money, a cellphone, bank cards, ID cards, and clothes.

The registration numbers of the vehicles remain unknown.

Brigadier Lindani Ndlovu, from Vosman SAPS, warns the public to be vigilant of any incidents that occur around them and to report any suspicious-looking vehicles.

As criminal tactics evolve, these incidents appear to be part of a larger pattern of escalating violence within the region.

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