{"id":58653,"date":"2014-04-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/58653\/business-robbed-twice-in-one-day-2\/"},"modified":"2014-04-25T10:41:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T08:41:59","slug":"business-robbed-twice-in-one-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/04\/25\/business-robbed-twice-in-one-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Business robbed twice in one day"},"content":{"rendered":"

An alleged thief was fatally wounded after attempting to rob a spaza shop in Nitrogen Street in Buhle Park on April 19.<\/p>\n

The shooting occurred when police arrived on the scene of the robbery at about 7.30pm that evening.<\/p>

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Elsburg SAPS acting station commander Lieut-Col Zonele Qangase told the GCN that on that day the shop was actually robbed twice.<\/p>\n

The first robbery took place at 1.30pm and the thieves made off with airtime valued at R1 000, cigarettes and R3 000 in cash.<\/p>

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The owner open a case at the police station and then later that evening two unknown men entered the shop and started robbing it.<\/p>\n

The police were contacted and officers arrived at the scene while the robbery was still in progress.<\/p>\n

When they saw the police the intruders drew their firearms and shots were fired.<\/p>\n

As a result of the altercation between the police and the thieves, one of the intruders was fatally wounded.<\/p>\n

He was a resident of Katlehong.<\/p>\n

The other man managed to evade arrest and is still at large.<\/p>\n

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