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- Two security guards and two residents were injured after the theft of a cash van in Khayelitsha.
- The attack occurred when the crew was collecting cash from a shop in a Khayelitsha shopping center.
- No arrests have been made.
Two security guards and two residents were injured when six suspects stole a Fidelity van in Khayelitsha on Monday.
According to Fidelity Services Group, the attack occurred around 11:30 when the guards went to collect cash from a store in a Khayelitsha shopping center.
Fidelity Services Group CEO Wahl Bartman said that when a “crew member” came in to collect the cash, he was not aware of the three armed suspects in the store.
“One of our officers stood guard outside the store and it was only once the crew member collected the cash and was approaching Fidelity’s truck that three other armed suspects outside the store opened fire on both officers,” Bartman said.
A shootout followed, with the guard standing at the store door shot multiple times as he tried to return fire.
The crew member was also shot in the hand.
The armed gang fled the scene.
Police spokeswoman Colonel Brenda Muridili confirmed that two security guards were shot and robbed of an undisclosed amount of money they had just collected from a shopping center in Khayelitsha.
“Two members of the community in the vicinity were also shot and wounded by stray bullets,” he added.
Bartman said they didn’t take much money, however one of the guards was at the hospital in serious condition.
No arrests have been made.
The police are appealing to anyone with information to call Crime Stop on 086 00 10111 or send information about the MySAPS app.
