News24 reports that a G4S security guard was shot and killed during an attempted cash-in-transit heist in in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), on Monday.
He was killed during a shootout between the robbers and security guards. The robbers did not get away with any money. Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Netshiunda advised: "The reports indicate that two cash-in-transit guards were walking towards the ATM when they were accosted by a group of suspects who were carrying high-calibre firearms. It is also reported that a shootout ensued between the suspects and the guards. One guard was fatally wounded whilst the other was airlifted to hospital with gunshot wounds." Netshiunda added the robbers also shot at police who were in the vicinity. They apparently came across a police vehicle on patrol with two officers at the corner of Shepstone and Otto Volek in New Germany. The suspects opened fire at the officers, but the latter took cover and survived the shooting unscathed. The suspects got away in two vehicles.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lwandile Bhengu at News24
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