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A security guard and a civilian have been shot and injured during a jewellery store robbery at Menlyn Park shopping centre in Pretoria. | Lwandi_N

In a graphic video shared on social media, a person can be seen lying on the ground in a pool of blood while security guards try to assist them.

In another video taken outside the centre, the alleged perpetrators can be seen bypassing the spikes at a boom gate in one of the parking areas by placing a sort of ramp over them for two suspected getaway cars to pass over. The shopping centre said entrance three remained closed while the rest had been declared safe and remained open.

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