{"id":111281,"date":"2016-01-21T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T08:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/111281\/hijackings-on-the-increase-in-elsburg\/"},"modified":"2016-01-21T12:09:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T10:09:40","slug":"hijackings-on-the-increase-in-elsburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/01\/21\/hijackings-on-the-increase-in-elsburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Hijackings on the increase in Elsburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to an increase in hijackings in the Elsburg policing area, the Elsburg SAPS are warning the community to be alert at all times.<\/p>\n<p>They have put together the following safety tips for residents:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Beware of people coming to you and informing you that you have a flat tyre, they may have the intention to steal items that they see inside the vehicle or hijack your vehicle.<\/li>\n<li>Always close your windows when driving in the city centre.<\/li>\n<li>Do not open your windows for hawkers along the road and at traffic lights.<\/li>\n<li>Beware of hijackings in your driveway.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that you are not followed home by suspicious vehicles.<\/li>\n<li>Watch out for suspicious vehicles and people in your street; call the police immediately.<\/li>\n<li>Beware of people who are standing at intersections pretending to be beggars.<\/li>\n<li>Be vigilant of people who are posing as metro officers wearing jackets with metro signs on them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/111203\/manhunt-launched-for-alleged-hijackers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Manhunt launched for alleged hijackers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/111172\/two-arrested-during-early-morning-burglary\/\" target=\"_blank\">Two arrested during early morning burglary<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='d6361b43cca5d8eba841033b4c17ad6a'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Elsburg SAPS are warning the community to be vigilant as hijackings in the area have increased.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":111574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[989,1318,9458,979,969,4397,2734,3036],"class_list":["post-111281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-crime","tag-elsburg","tag-elsburg-policing-area","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-hijackings","tag-melissa-hart","tag-safety-tips"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["crime","elsburg","elsburg policing area","germiston","germiston city news","hijackings","melissa hart","safety tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}