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S.Africa: Wild shoot-out as guards kill robber

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Original Post Date: 2006-01-11 Time: 00:00:00  Posted By: Jan

[At least the security guards killed the bugger – if the punk had survived to get into the legal system he would have been protected and thoroughly loved and cared for! Jan]

Gutsy Coin security guards killed an armed robber on Tuesday morning in a Wild west-style shootout near Durban's Warwick Avenue that had passers-by ducking for cover.

Police Captain Gugu Sabela said five armed men approached a guard who was carrying a cash box in Lancers Road.

“They exchanged fire with the guards and one of the robbers was killed.

“No money was taken,” said Sabela.

Police on the scene said the guard had dropped the box when he noticed the armed men approaching.

“He ran into the nearby van and used it for protection. The robbers picked up the box and put it into a purple Corsa lite vehicle.”

Meanwhile, the guard in the back of the cash-in-transit van opened fire on the robbers through a porthole.

The robbers fired several shots at the van in a dramatic exchange of gunfire that had stall owners and pedestrians fleeing for cover.

“The driver of the Coin van was alert enough to reverse into the Corsa and he prevented the robbers from getting away.

‘He prevented the robbers from getting away’

“His colleague in the back of the van shot at the car.”

The robbers eventually fled the scene, leaving the getaway car and cash box behind. It is believed the Corsa was recently hijacked from the Eastern Cape.

A large crowd gathered as police covered the body of the man and spoke to witnesses.

Many of the street-side vendors who operate on the pavement next to the shooting looked shocked, but still kept an eye on their goods.

Some onlookers were waiting for police to clear the scene so they could get into the shops where they work.

One vendor said she heard gunshots and was pulled down to the ground by people around her.

“I did not see anything at first but people told me to get down. Everyone was panicking and we just stayed on the pavement till the shots stopped,” she said.

Goolam Omar, a co-owner of Omar's Supermarket, said he did not see the incident but heard several shots.

“When we looked outside all the traders had run away and there was a body in the street,” he said.

This article was originally published on page 3 of Daily News on January 10, 2006

Source: Independent Online (IOL)

URL: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click…/p>