ANA reports that three security guards were hospitalised after a cash-in-transit (CIT) heist in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on Wednesday afternoon.  

Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo of the SA Police Service (SAPS) said the incident occurred at 3.30pm as a CIT vehicle was travelling from Msinga to Greytown after collecting cash at the Msinga Mall.  “While at KwaKopi between Msinga and Greytown, their vehicle was attacked by [an] unknown number of occupants travelling in two vehicles.  They shot at the security vehicles causing the driver to lose control.  Three guards were injured.  The suspects used explosives to open up the vehicle and they fled with an undisclosed amount of cash,” said Naidoo.

• This short report is at eNCA
• Read too, Three security guards wounded in explosive cash heist, at Timeslive

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