Business owners in Tedstoneville are becoming increasingly nervous with the increase in crime in the area.<\/p>\n
The GCN spoke to Johnny Frade, the owner of Witwatersrand Discount Liquors after his shop was robbed on June 15.<\/p>
Frade said that currently he and the staff were finding it difficult to work as they have all been traumatised by the armed robbery.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was closing time and we were serving the last of our customers when a group of about eight people walked in,\u201d Frade said.<\/p>
\u201cThey pretended to be customers and one of them came and paid for a Coke, and then they suddenly all pulled out guns.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frade said that one of the men shot the security guard, from a local security company, who came every night at closing time to guard the staff.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was shot four times and died on the scene,\u201d said Frade.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of my three staff members was also slightly injured when he was hit on the side of the head with a revolver.\u201d<\/p>\n
The robbers demanded money and airtime vouchers and helped themselves to a large amount of alcohol from the shelves.<\/p>\n