Videos and pictures circulating on social media of the incident show a burning vehicle in the road, groups of people scaling the cash-in-transit van next to the burning vehicle to get to the money, while onlookers watch.
Gauteng police are on the hunt for a “heavily armed” gang who attacked and robbed a G4S cash van in Soweto, Johannesburg, on Monday.
“It’s alleged that a group of heavily armed men travelling in a red Jeep with false number plates drove into the van, forcing it to come to a halt. They thereafter ordered the three security officials out of the vehicle, where they later bombed the cash van and drove off with an undisclosed amount of money.”No injuries were reported.However, police have issued a stern warning about the looting of cash-in-transit crime scenes.
“When a crime is committed, it is the responsibility of the community to report the incident to the police by immediately calling the Crime Stop Number on 086 00 10111 and/or to report the matter to their nearest police station.” “It is for this reason that we warn members of the community that in some instances, it is possible that not all explosives were detonated at the time when the robbery was committed. This therefore poses a risk for the detonator to explode in their presence, thereby posing a risk for the loss of life.”
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