Shootout ensues at supermarket

A shootout ensued between the police and robbery suspects at the Boxer store at Somerset Crossing in Lwandle at 06:25 on Tuesday morning (6 May).


A shootout ensued between the police and robbery suspects at the Boxer store at Somerset Crossing in Lwandle at 06:25 on Tuesday morning (6 May). “Approximately 10 armed suspects took an undisclosed amount of cash,” Sergeant Mthokozisi Gama, Lwandle police spokesperson related. “On leaving the store from the back of the premises, they spotted a a police van and immediately started shooting at it. The police officers returned fire. Fortunately no-one was injured. A 28-year-old suspect, who was still in the shop, was arrested after pretending to be one of the workers. The other suspects managed to flee the scene on foot. A business-robbery case was opened.” Photo: Yaseen Gaffar

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