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Engineering News reports that security services company G4S has called on Police Minister Bheki Cele to convene an urgent meeting with all stakeholders to address the continuing escalation of violence in cash-in-transit (CIT) attacks.
This followed the death of a G4S employee and the serious injury of another during a CIT attack on Monday. During a cross-pavement CIT attack in Durban, four perpetrators opened fire on three G4S officers, resulting in one sustaining fatal injuries and another sustaining serious injury before being airlifted to a nearby private hospital where he remains in critical condition. G4S Southern Africa’s Renso Smit reacted by saying: “These are not ordinary criminals. They are well-organised, cold-blooded murderers whose indiscriminate use of weapons continue to take lives and destroy families. The country and the entire private security industry cannot afford to lose more guards to these brutal attacks and we are, therefore, calling on the Police Minister to take urgent action.” Smit went on to say: “To tackle CIT attacks, we believe it is essential that this sort of crime is prioritised; that the CIT task team under the South African Police Service (SAPS) be reconstituted and bolstered as a matter of urgency; and that the sector works closely with law enforcement and government to tackle this scourge together.”
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