News24 reports that three security guards have been injured in a cash-in-transit heist in Mpumalanga. They were injured when an unknown number of robbers bombed the vehicle they were travelling in.

They were travelling in an armoured vehicle between Badplaas and Barberton on Monday at around 17:00 when a white Toyota Landcruiser rammed into their vehicle. The armoured vehicle was bombed, and an undisclosed amount of cash stolen, Hawks spokesperson Captain Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi advised. Two other vehicles that had been stolen in eMalahleni and which were suspected to have been involved in the heist were later found on the Nkomati mine road. A rifle belonging to the security company was recovered outside one of the vehicles. Sekgotodi indicated: “All three guards were seriously injured due to the accident and taken to Mbuleni hospital in Elukwatini.” No arrests have yet been made.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nicole McCain at News24

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