{"id":62765,"date":"2014-06-30T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/62765\/armed-robbers-target-reaction-officer\/"},"modified":"2014-06-30T12:01:07","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T10:01:07","slug":"armed-robbers-target-reaction-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/06\/30\/armed-robbers-target-reaction-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed robbers target reaction officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reaction officer from SW Security was slightly injured by armed robbers, on June 19.<\/p>\n

One of the company’s vehicles was stationed in the parking area of a shopping centre in Lambton, at about 6.25am, when the reaction officer, Marno Viviers, noticed a new grey\/black VW Polo speeding past him and stopping.<\/p>

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The vehicle contained five occupants.<\/p>\n

One of the occupants exited the vehicle, carrying an R5\/R4 assault rifle, and immediately discharged two rounds at Viviers.<\/p>

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The rounds went through the left and right windows of the patrol vehicle.<\/p>\n

One of the bullets went through Viviers’s cap, grazing the skin on his head.<\/p>\n

He was taken to a local hospital for treatment, and a trauma councillor treated him for shock.<\/p>\n

The occupants of the car then robbed a store at the centre and fled.<\/p>\n

The Germiston SAPS were contacted and rushed to the scene.<\/p>\n

WO Andr\u00e9 de Jager, the spokesman for the Germiston SAPS, said that no arrests with regard to the attempted murder or business robbery had yet been made.<\/p>\n

“A 32-year-old man has, however, been arrested on a charge of defeating the ends of justice, as he gave a false statement about what happened on that particular morning,” de Jager said.<\/p>\n

The police are continuing with their investigations.<\/p>\n