News24 reports that cash-in-transit (CIT) security personnel escaped with their lives on Monday after their vehicle was bombed near Mandeni, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).  

According to IPSS Medical Rescue spokesperson Paul Herbst, the vehicle was travelling on the N2 highway towards Mandeni after a pickup, when it was were stopped by an unidentified number of gunmen.  The driver then tried to make a U-turn but was unsuccessful and the vehicle came to a halt.  The armed men then approached the vehicle and placed an explosive device on its roof.  The security personnel managed to escape before it was detonated.  The gunmen then made off with an undisclosed amount of cash as well as the two firearms of the security guards.  Images of the CIT vehicle show large bullet holes in the windscreen, the back door forced open and the safe exposed.

• Read the original of the above report by Azarrah Karrim at News24

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