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News24 reports that a deadly cash-in-transit (CIT) heist in Bekkersdal on Tuesday claimed the lives of a security guard and a female motorist and left seven people including guards, traffic officers and two minor children wounded.
A gang of armed robbers ambushed the cash van and blew it open with explosives. The van, with three occupants, had been travelling along Panyapanya Street in Bekkersdal when it came under siege. After it was rammed off the road by a vehicle driven by the robbers, the group opened fire at the security vehicle and forced the driver and crew out. During the shooting, a man in the escort vehicle was fatally shot, while the driver of the cash van and crew members were also shot and injured. A female motorist near the scene was also shot dead. She had been travelling with her two minor children, who sustained injuries. The robbers then fled with an undisclosed amount of money in two separate vehicles. As they drove past three traffic officers standing at the side of the road, they opened fire on the officers and injured two of them.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ntwaagae Seleka at News24
- Read too, Cash-in-transit heists a seasonal occurrence, explains security expert, on page 3 of The Citizen of 10 November 2020
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